pacman-key:tldr:95811

pacman-key: Print the fingerprint of a specific key.

pacman-key

$ pacman-key --finger "${select}"

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The command pacman-key --finger "${select}" is used to display the fingerprint of a specific key in the Pacman keyring.

Here's a breakdown of the command:

pacman-key is the command-line tool used to manage the PGP keys used by Pacman, the package manager of Arch Linux and its derivatives.
--finger is an option in pacman-key that is used to display the fingerprint of a key.
"${select}" is a placeholder for the specific key you want to display the fingerprint of. This will be replaced with the actual key you provide as an argument to the command.

For example, if you want to display the fingerprint of a key with the ID "0x12345678", you would run pacman-key --finger "0x12345678". The command will then output the fingerprint of that key if it exists in the Pacman keyring.

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.

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