#!/bin/bash # Desc: Checks if string is an age-compatible public key string checkAgePubkey() { # Desc: Checks if string is an age-compatible pubkey # Usage: checkAgePubkey [str pubkey] # Version: 0.1.2 # Input: arg1: string # Output: return code 0: string is age-compatible pubkey # return code 1: string is NOT an age-compatible pubkey # age stderr (ex: there is stderr if invalid string provided) # Depends: age (v0.1.0-beta2; https://github.com/FiloSottile/age/releases/tag/v1.0.0-beta2 ) argPubkey="$1"; if echo "test" | age -a -r "$argPubkey" 1>/dev/null; then return 0; else return 1; fi; } # Check age pubkey #==BEGIN sample code== myKey="age18nnr0nm9fg44elkhrrcn3uhalvug04swas6su464k2kx92l05v6s4exfcz"; if checkAgePubkey "$myKey"; then echo "Is an age-compatible public key:$myKey"; else echo "Is NOT an age-compatible public key:$myKey"; fi myKey2="blahblahblah"; if checkAgePubkey "$myKey2"; then echo "Is an age-compatible public key:$myKey2"; else echo "Is NOT an age-compatible public key:$myKey2"; fi #==END sample code== # Author: Steven Baltakatei Sandoval # License: GPLv3+