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OPENSSL-PKEYPARAM(1ossl) OpenSSL OPENSSL-PKEYPARAM(1ossl)

NAME openssl-pkeyparam - public key algorithm parameter processing command
SYNOPSIS openssl pkeyparam [-help] [-in filename] [-out filename] [-text] [-noout] [-check] [-engine id] [-provider name] [-provider-path path] [-propquery propq]
DESCRIPTION This command processes public key algorithm parameters. They can be checked for correctness and their components printed out.
OPTIONS -help Print out a usage message.
-in filename This specifies the input filename to read parameters from or standard input if this option is not specified.
-out filename This specifies the output filename to write parameters to or standard output if this option is not specified.
-text Prints out the parameters in plain text in addition to the encoded version.
-noout Do not output the encoded version of the parameters.
-check This option checks the correctness of parameters.
-engine id See "Engine Options" in openssl(1). This option is deprecated.
-provider name -provider-path path -propquery propq See "Provider Options" in openssl(1), provider(7), and property(7).
EXAMPLES Print out text version of parameters:
openssl pkeyparam -in param.pem -text
NOTES There are no -inform or -outform options for this command because only PEM format is supported because the key type is determined by the PEM headers.
SEE ALSO openssl(1), openssl-genpkey(1), openssl-rsa(1), openssl-pkcs8(1), openssl-dsa(1), openssl-genrsa(1), openssl-gendsa(1)
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3.0.11 2023-09-22 OPENSSL-PKEYPARAM(1ossl)