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4.5.3 The quick key manipulation interface
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Recent versions of GnuPG have an interface to manipulate keys without
using the interactive command '--edit-key'.  This interface was added
mainly for the benefit of GPGME (please consider using GPGME, see the
manual subsection "Programmatic use of GnuPG"). This interface is
described in the subsection "How to manage your keys".