Reference

passwd(1ssl)

OpenSSL application commands

Part of openssl-cmds(1ssl).

NAME

asn1parse, ca, ciphers, cmp, cms, crl, crl2pkcs7, dgst, dhparam, dsa, dsaparam, ec, ecparam, enc, engine, errstr, gendsa, genpkey, genrsa, info, kdf, mac, nseq, ocsp, passwd, pkcs12, pkcs7, pkcs8, pkey, pkeyparam, pkeyutl, prime, rand, rehash, req, rsa, rsautl, s_client, s_server, s_time, sess_id, smime, speed, spkac, srp, storeutl, ts, verify, version, x509 - OpenSSL application commands

SYNOPSIS

openssl cmd -help | [-option | -option arg] ... [arg] ...

DESCRIPTION

Every cmd listed above is a (sub-)command of the openssl(1) application. It has its own detailed manual page at openssl-cmd(1). For example, to view the manual page for the openssl dgst command, type "man openssl-dgst".

OPTIONS

Among others, every subcommand has a help option.

-help

Print out a usage message for the subcommand.

SEE ALSO

openssl(1), openssl-asn1parse(1), openssl-ca(1), openssl-ciphers(1), openssl-cmp(1), openssl-cms(1), openssl-crl(1), openssl-crl2pkcs7(1), openssl-dgst(1), openssl-dhparam(1), openssl-dsa(1), openssl-dsaparam(1), openssl-ec(1), openssl-ecparam(1), openssl-enc(1), openssl-engine(1), openssl-errstr(1), openssl-gendsa(1), openssl-genpkey(1), openssl-genrsa(1), openssl-info(1), openssl-kdf(1), openssl-mac(1), openssl-nseq(1), openssl-ocsp(1), openssl-passwd(1), openssl-pkcs12(1), openssl-pkcs7(1), openssl-pkcs8(1), openssl-pkey(1), openssl-pkeyparam(1), openssl-pkeyutl(1), openssl-prime(1), openssl-rand(1), openssl-rehash(1), openssl-req(1), openssl-rsa(1), openssl-rsautl(1), openssl-s_client(1), openssl-s_server(1), openssl-s_time(1), openssl-sess_id(1), openssl-smime(1), openssl-speed(1), openssl-spkac(1), openssl-srp(1), openssl-storeutl(1), openssl-ts(1), openssl-verify(1), openssl-version(1), openssl-x509(1),

HISTORY

Initially, the manual page entry for the "openssl cmd" command used to be available at cmd(1). Later, the alias openssl-cmd(1) was introduced, which made it easier to group the openssl commands using the apropos(1) command or the shell's tab completion.

In order to reduce cluttering of the global manual page namespace, the manual page entries without the 'openssl-' prefix have been deprecated in OpenSSL 3.0 and will be removed in OpenSSL 4.0.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2019-2020 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.

Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License"). You may not use 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>.

History

-help since Debian 9 (Stretch).

-1 until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -5 until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -6 until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -aixmd5 until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -apr1 until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -crypt until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -in until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -noverify until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -quiet until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -rand until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -salt until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -stdin until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -table until Debian 11 (Bullseye).