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@@ -16,5 +16,20 @@ I looked into "Shamir secret sharing" but I find that generating a new secret th
 
 ### output:
 
+this bash script
+
+### requirements:
+
+in the file emails.txt:
+list the recipient's emails you want encrypt for
+
+in the main script gpg-quorum_3of5.sh:
+edit the debug variable to add your email address (if you want) for debugging purposes
+
 ### usage:
- ./gpg-quorum_3of5.sh file.txt
+
+ ./gpg-quorum_3of5.sh your_file_to_encrypt.ext
+
+your output will be a file named
+
+ your_file_to_encrypt.ext.ENCRYPTED
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@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #retrieve the email list
 readarray -t emails < emails.txt
 file=$1
-#debug email if you want to self-decrypt:
+#debug email if you want to self-decrypt, you can also leave it blank but don't populate it without "-r":
 debug="-r youermail@provider.net"
 #counters:
 counter=0