> This is an output of: > gpg -v -v -v -v --with-colons --list-keys porridge > > Does anyone understand anything of this mess and can provide me > with some clues on how to read it? I could not find any help in > gnupg documentation.
Why use it then? ;) -veryveryveryverbose ;) > (Hint: anything that has "Marcin Owsiany" in it is me, > everything else is not me) the others are signatures. This is a colon-separated table first column is the type (pub = public key, uid= user id, sig =signature second column is "u" for user ids, pub and sub. third column is key-length in bits just compare the values with the regular output to find out their meaning. If your are wondering who the "others" are - that are signatures on the keys. Greetings, Erich