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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)
this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy
in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
3.0.11 2023-09-22 OPENSSL-PKEYPARAM(1ossl)