carta
ssh-sig(1)

ssh-sig1

Usage

ssh-sig COMMAND OPTION

Overview

make ssh-keygen -Y simpler

Options

-h --help

--version

Commands

sign

create signature

check

check signature

Help

sign

--help

check

--help

Examples

ssh-sig sign file.txt
ssh-sig check -s file.txt.sig < file.txt

cat file.txt | ssh-sig sign > file.txt.sig
cat file.txt | ssh-sig check -s file.txt.sig

# Sign multiple files
ssh-sig sign file1.txt file2.txt [...]

# Use another key for signing
ssh-sig sign -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa file.txt

# Use a public key. Private Key for signing then comes from ssh-agent
ssh-sig sign -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub file.txt

History

  • Arch Linux 2026-11-01: the text shown here
  • Debian 13 (Trixie)

From ssh-tools 1.9-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.