NAME¶
pki --pub - Extract a public key from a private key or
certificate
SYNOPSIS¶
pki --pub |
[--in file|--keyid hex]
[--type type]
[--outform encoding]
[--debug level] |
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.
- -t, --type
type
- Type of input. One of rsa (RSA private key), ecdsa (ECDSA
private key), pub (public key), pkcs10 (PKCS#10 certificate
request), or x509 (X.509 certificate), defaults to rsa.
- -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