--- /dev/null
+#!/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+