- **Epistemic status:** #budding To decrypt a file with [[GPG]] there are two ways of doing it: ## Decrypting the file The following command just decrypts the file, but does not extract its content. ```bash gpg -d name-of-file.txt.gpg ``` After the file is decrypted, it will take 10 minutes for [[GPG]] to ask you for the password again. This is the default timeout value. ## Decrypting and extracting the files content The following command will decrypt the file and extract the original version, keeping both the encrypted and decrypted versions. ```bash gpg name-of-file.txt.gpg ``` --- ## References - “How to Encrypt and Decrypt Files Using GPG Command.” Accessed March 27, 2022. <https://linoxide.com/gpg-command-encrypt-decrypt-file/>. - khess. “File Encryption and Decryption Made Easy with GPG.” Enable Sysadmin. Red Hat, Inc. Accessed March 27, 2022. <https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/encryption-decryption-gpg>. - Mckay, Dave. “How to Encrypt and Decrypt Files With GPG on Linux.” How-To Geek. Accessed March 27, 2022. <https://www.howtogeek.com/427982/how-to-encrypt-and-decrypt-files-with-gpg-on-linux/>.