From aece9e87f39bea7643cb9169338e64e988e400eb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Werner Koch Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2016 19:53:14 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] doc: Add more strong hints towards --with-colons. -- --- doc/gpg.texi | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/gpg.texi b/doc/gpg.texi index be8045066..6437b9061 100644 --- a/doc/gpg.texi +++ b/doc/gpg.texi @@ -281,9 +281,10 @@ List all keys from the public keyrings, or just the keys given on the command line. Avoid using the output of this command in scripts or other programs as -it is likely to change as GnuPG changes. See @option{--with-colons} for a -machine-parseable key listing command that is appropriate for use in -scripts and other programs. +it is likely to change as GnuPG changes. See @option{--with-colons} +for a machine-parseable key listing command that is appropriate for +use in scripts and other programs. Never use the regular output for +scripts - it is only for human consumption. @item --list-secret-keys @itemx -K @@ -291,7 +292,7 @@ scripts and other programs. List all keys from the secret keyrings, or just the ones given on the command line. A @code{#} after the letters @code{sec} means that the secret key is not usable (for example, if it was created via -@option{--export-secret-subkeys}). +@option{--export-secret-subkeys}). See also @option{--list-keys}. @item --list-sigs @opindex list-sigs