NAME
rage-keygen - Generate age-compatible encryption key pairs
SYNOPSIS
rage-keygen [-h|--help] [-V|--version] [-o|--output] [-y ] [INPUT]
DESCRIPTION
rage-keygen generates a new native age key pair, and outputs the identity to standard output or to the OUTPUT file. The output includes the public key and the current time as comments.
If the output is not going to a terminal, rage-keygen prints the public key to standard error.
ARGUMENTS
- [INPUT]
-
Path to a file to read from.
OPTIONS
- -h, --help
-
Print this help message and exit.
- -V, --version
-
Print version info and exit.
- -o, --output <OUTPUT>
-
Write the identity to OUTPUT instead of standard output.
If OUTPUT already exists, it is not overwritten.
- -y
-
Read an identity file from INPUT or from standard input and output the corresponding recipient(s), one per line, with no comments.
EXAMPLES
- Generate a new identity:
-
$ rage-keygen
# created: 2021-01-02T15:30:45+01:00
# public key: age1lvyvwawkr0mcnnnncaghunadrqkmuf9e6507x9y920xxpp866cnql7dp2z
AGE-SECRET-KEY-1N9JEPW6DWJ0ZQUDX63F5A03GX8QUW7PXDE39N8UYF82VZ9PC8UFS3M7XA9
- Write a new identity to "key.txt":
-
$ rage-keygen -o key.txt
Public key: age1ql3z7hjy54pw3hyww5ayyfg7zqgvc7w3j2elw8zmrj2kg5sfn9aqmcac8p
- Convert an identity to a recipient:
-
$ rage-keygen -y key.txt
age1ql3z7hjy54pw3hyww5ayyfg7zqgvc7w3j2elw8zmrj2kg5sfn9aqmcac8p
SEE ALSO
VERSION
v0.12.1
AUTHORS
Jack Grigg <[email protected]>