sq-packet-armor1
Convert binary to ascii
Usage
sq packet
armor
[OPTIONS]
FILE
Overview
Convert binary to ASCII.
To make encrypted data easier to handle and transport, OpenPGP data can be transformed to an ASCII representation called ASCII Armor. sq emits armored data by default, but this subcommand can be used to convert existing OpenPGP data to its ASCII-encoded representation.
The converse operation is `sq packet dearmor`.
Options
Subcommand options
-
--label=LABEL -
Select the kind of armor header
-
[default:
auto]
-
[possible values:
auto,message,cert,key,sig,file]
-
--output=FILE -
Write to FILE or stdout if omitted
-
[default:
-]
- FILE
-
Read from FILE or stdin if FILE is '-'
-
[default:
-]
Global options
See sq(1) for a description of the global options.
Examples
Convert a binary OpenPGP message to an ASCII armored OpenPGP message.
sq packet armor message.bin
Convert a binary OpenPGP message to an ASCII armored OpenPGP message explicitly choosing the armor label.
sq packet armor --label=message message.bin
Version
1.4.1
History
- Arch Linux 2026-11-01: the text shown here
- Debian 13 (Trixie)