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openssl-pkcs7

NAME

openssl-pkcs7 - PKCS#7 command

SYNOPSIS

openssl pkcs7 [-help] [-inform DER|PEM] [-outform DER|PEM] [-in filename] [-out filename] [-print] [-print_certs] [-quiet] [-text] [-noout] [-engine id] [-provider name] [-provider-path path] [-propquery propq]

DESCRIPTION

This command processes PKCS#7 files. Note that it only understands PKCS#7 v 1.5 as specified in IETF RFC 2315. It cannot currently parse CMS as described in IETF RFC 2630.

OPTIONS

  • -help

    Print out a usage message.

  • -inform DER|PEM, -outform DER|PEM

    The input and formats; the default is PEM. See openssl-format-options(1) for details.

    The data is a PKCS#7 Version 1.5 structure.

  • -in filename

    This specifies the input filename to read from or standard input if this option is not specified.

  • -out filename

    Specifies the output filename to write to or standard output by default.

  • -print

    Print out the full PKCS7 object.

  • -print_certs

    Prints out any certificates or CRLs contained in the file. They are preceded by their subject and issuer names in one line format.

  • -quiet

    When used with -print_certs, prints out just the PEM-encoded certificates without any other output.

  • -text

    Prints out certificate details in full rather than just subject and issuer names.

  • -noout

    Don't output the encoded version of the PKCS#7 structure (or certificates if -print_certs is set).

  • -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

Convert a PKCS#7 file from PEM to DER:

openssl pkcs7 -in file.pem -outform DER -out file.der

Output all certificates in a file:

openssl pkcs7 -in file.pem -print_certs -out certs.pem

SEE ALSO

openssl(1), openssl-crl2pkcs7(1)

HISTORY

The -engine option was deprecated in OpenSSL 3.0.

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