Here is a 'reference card' for PGP 2.6.x. I thought this was missing in the documentation. Also some of the features available in PGP were missing in the documentation, such as '-km' that displays the "web of trust". I think a lot of questions in alt.security.pgp could be answered by this.
Kurt Huwig (khuwig@cs.uni-sb.de)
Oct 6th 1995 v1.0
Aug 7th 1997 1st HTML version.
a ASCII armor file, create a radix-64 armored file with
CRC
b generate separate signature-file
f filter mode, get data from stdin and put data to stdout
i VMS only: same as 't'
l verbose output, same as +VERBOSE=2
m encrypt: 'for you eyes only'
decrypt display file using 'more' and ask for save
o specify outputfile '-o outputfile'
p preserve filenames, restore original filename when encrypted
with '-a'
t use textmode for output
u specify userid '-u userid'
z specify a password '-z password' on the command line
? display help
c conventional encryption, with IDEA
d decrypt only, leaves signatures in the plaintext
e encrypt file
h display help
k display help for key-commands
ka add keyfile to ring
kc key check, check signatures and backup rings
kd disable/revoke key
ke edit key
kg generate a key
km maitenance pass, display web-of-trust
kr remove keys/signatures
ks sign key
kv display matching keys
kvv display matching keys and their signatures
kx extract key
s sign file
w wipe file, file is filled with 0 and then deleted works
also as a modifier when encrypting, then the plaintext file is deleted
LEGEND: baccepts ON/OFF, ccommand line only, naccepts a number, saccepts a string
ARMORb same as '-a'
ARMORLINES n limit for files, splits files when longer 0=disable split
BAKRING s filename of keyring backup, used for '-kc'
BATCHMODE bc do not ask for anything
CERT_DEPTH n how deep introducers may be nested (0-8)
CHARSET s select character set
CLEARSIG b leave signed messages as clear text
COMMENT s add a comment to all pgp files
COMPLETES_NEEDED n number of completely trusted signatures to trust a new key (1-4)
COMPRESS b compress output file if possible
ENCRYPTTOSELF b allow decryption of encrypted file by yourself also
FORCE bc force "Yes" as answer to all questions
INTERACTIVE b ask for configmation for key adds
KEEPBINARY b keep binary ciphertext files after decrypting
LANGUAGE s select language
LEGAL_KLUDGE n enable/disable compatibility to pgp-version before 2.6
MAKERANDOM bc generate new randseed-file
MARGINALS_NEEDED n number of marginally trusted signatures to trust a new key (1-...)
MYNAME s select default userid for signatures
NOMANUAL bc generate keys without the manual installed
PAGER s pager for plaintext displaying
PUBRING s specify public key ring
RANDSEED s filename for random number seed
SECRING s specify secret key ring
SHOWPASS b display password when entered
TEXTMODE b same as '-t'
TMP s specify directory for temporary files
TZFIX n adjust timezone
VERBOSE n verbose output (0=quiet, 1=not quiet, 2=verbose)