step crypto key inspect

Name

step crypto key inspect -- print key details in human readable format

Usage

step crypto key inspect <key-file>

Description

step crypto key inspect prints details of a public or a private key in a human readable format the public key corresponding to the given key-file.

Positional arguments

key-file Path to a public or private key.

Options

--password-file=file The path to the file containing passphrase to decrypt private key.

Examples

Print details of the given key:

$ step crypto key inspect priv.pem

Notes

This command shows the raw parameters of the keys, it does not include headers that the marshaled version of the keys might have. For example, a marshaled version an EC public key will have 0x04 in the first byte to indicate the uncompressed form specified in section 4.3.6 of ANSI X9.62.

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