Simple pgp encryption with gpg

Simple command line encryption and decryption with gpg

Secret and public key rings are in working directory.

Encrypt

>gpg.exe  -e -r mb-pets@bce.tni  --keyring pubring.gpg encryptme.txt
Use this key anyway?yes

//output called encryptme.txt.gpg

Including private key prevents question about trusting public key.

>gpg.exe -e -r mb-pets@bce.int --homedir . --keyring .\pubring.gpg --secret-keyring secring.gpg encryptme.txt

//output called encryptme.txt.gpg

Output encrpyte file as base64 text.

gpg.exe -e -a -r mb-pets@bce.int --homedir . --keyring pubring.gpg  --secret-keyring secring.gpg encryptme.txt

//output called encryptme.txt.asc

//With verbose
>gpg.exe -e -a -r mb-step@ecb.int --homedir . --verbose --keyring pubring.gpg  --secret-keyring secring.gpg encryptme.txt
gpg: using secondary key 57D35DF1 instead of primary key 23E858FE
gpg: This key belongs to us
gpg: reading from `.\encryptme.txt'
gpg: writing to `.\encryptme.txt.asc'
gpg: ELG-E/AES256 encrypted for: "57D35DF1 Statistics STEP Transfer (STEP Mail 1) <mb-step@ecb.int>"


It's also possbile base64 using openssl; I think.
/usr/sfw/bin/openssl enc -base64 -in signme.txt.gpg  -out signme.txt.b64

An attemp to base64 with powershall looked like this; however, beware because this wasn't tested properly.

[System.Convert]::ToBase64String(([System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetBytes((get-content ".\signme.txt.gpg")))); set-content (".\signme.txt.asc" );

To unbase 64 it:
[System.Convert]::FromBase64String((get-content ".\signme.txt.asc")); set-content (".\out.gpg" );

Decrypt

>gpg.exe --homedir . --decrypt --secret-keyring .\secring.gpg --keyring .\pubring.gpg .\secret.txt.gpg
You need a passphrase to unlock the secret key for **********