PKI \-\-PUB
Section: strongSwan (1)
Updated: 2013-07-31
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NAME
pki --pub - Extract a public key from a private key or certificate
SYNOPSIS
[
--in
file|
--keyid
hex]
[
--type type ]
[
--outform encoding ]
[
--debug level ]
--options~file
-h
|
--help
DESCRIPTION
This sub-command of
pki(1)
extracts public keys from a private keys and certificates.
OPTIONS
- -h, --help
-
Print usage information with a summary of the available options.
- -v, --debug level
-
Set debug level, default: 1.
- -+, --options file
-
Read command line options from file.
- -i, --in file
-
Input file. If not given the input is read from STDIN.
- -x, --keyid hex
-
Smartcard or TPM private key object handle in hex format with an optional
0x prefix.
- -t, --type type
-
Type of input. One of priv (private key), rsa (RSA private key),
ecdsa (ECDSA private key), pub (public key), pkcs10 (PKCS#10
certificate request), or x509 (X.509 certificate), defaults to priv.
- -f, --outform encoding
-
Encoding of the extracted public key. One of der (ASN.1 DER), pem
(Base64 PEM), dnskey (RFC 3110 DNS key), or sshkey (RFC 4253 SSH
key), defaults to der.
EXAMPLES
Extract the public key from an RSA private key:
pki --pub --in key.der > pub.der
Extract the public key from an X.509 certificate:
pki --pub --in cert.der --type x509 > pub.der
SEE ALSO
pki(1)