#!/bin/sh # clean_keyring.sh - clean up all the excess keys # origin: https://scruss.com/blog/2013/05/12/clean-up-your-gnupg-keyring/ set -e # set e.g. GPG=gpg2 in environment to override binary to use GPG=${GPG:-gpg} # my keys are those with a corresponding secret key mykeys=$($GPG --batch --list-secret-keys --with-colons | grep '^sec' | cut -d: -f5) if [ -z "$mykeys" ]; then # exit if no key string echo "Can't get user's key ID" exit 1 fi # all of the people who have signed my key mysigners=$($GPG --batch --list-sigs --with-colons $mykeys | grep '^sig' | cut -d: -f5 | sort -u) # keep all of the signers, plus my key (if I haven't self-signed) keepers=$(echo $mykeys $mysigners | tr ' ' '\012' | sort -u) # the keepers list in egrep syntax: ^(key|key|…) keepers_egrep=$(echo $keepers | sed 's/^/^(/; s/$/)/; s/ /|/g;') # everyone who isn't on the keepers list is deleted deleters=$($GPG --batch --list-keys --with-colons | grep '^pub' | cut -d: -f5 | egrep -v ${keepers_egrep}) if [ -z "$deleters" ]; then echo "# Nothing to delete!" else $GPG "$@" --delete-keys $deleters # TODO: use below instead when --force # $GPG --batch --yes "$@" --delete-keys $deleters fi