---
name: "sq-dearmor"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "sq"
version: "0.27.0-2+b1"
release: "Debian 12 (Bookworm)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/sq-dearmor"
---

# sq-dearmor(1)

Converts ASCII to binary

## NAME

dearmor - Converts ASCII to binary

## SYNOPSIS

**dearmor** \[**-o**\|**--output**\] \[**-h**\|**--help**\] \[*FILE*\]

## DESCRIPTION

Converts ASCII to binary

To make encrypted data easier to handle and transport, OpenPGP data can be transformed to an ASCII representation called ASCII Armor.  sq transparently handles armored data, but this subcommand can be used to explicitly convert existing ASCII-encoded OpenPGP data to its binary representation.

The converse operation is "sq armor".

## OPTIONS

- **-o**, **--output**=*FILE*

  Writes to FILE or stdout if omitted

- **-h**, **--help**

  Print help information

- \[*FILE*\]

  Reads from FILE or stdin if omitted

## EXAMPLES

 Convert a ASCII certificate to binary

```
 sq dearmor ascii-juliet.pgp
```

 Convert a ASCII message to binary

```
 sq dearmor ascii-message.pgp
```

## SEE ALSO

For the full documentation see \<https://docs.sequoia-pgp.org/sq/\>.

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