How to generate finger print of your gpg keys ?

gpg --fingerprint keyname/keyid

why finger print your key ?

1) to generate the hash of the key
2) used to verify the key


Ex:-


zodiac@ubuntu:~$ gpg --list-keys
/home/zodiac/.gnupg/pubring.gpg
-------------------------------
pub 2048R/C6E7D2CB 2010-12-19
uid celsius thomas (celsius A.T)
sub 2048R/2D8037DF 2010-12-19


zodiac@ubuntu:~$ gpg --fingerprint C6E7D2CB
pub 2048R/C6E7D2CB 2010-12-19
Key fingerprint = 5562 3B1A C9F8 D210 6580 987D 3C1B 9A3F C6E7 D2CB
uid celsius thomas (celsius A.T)
sub 2048R/2D8037DF 2010-12-19