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]

pki --pub --options file

pki --pub -h | --help

This sub-command of pki(1) extracts public keys from a private keys and certificates.

-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.

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