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SQ(1) User Commands SQ(1)

NAME

sq toolbox armor - Convert binary to ASCII

SYNOPSIS

sq toolbox armor [OPTIONS] FILE

DESCRIPTION

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 toolbox dearmor`.

OPTIONS

Subcommand options

Select the kind of armor header
[default: auto]
[possible values: auto, message, cert, key, sig, file]
Write to FILE or stdout if omitted
[default: -]
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 certificate to ASCII

sq toolbox armor binary-juliet.pgp




Convert a binary message to ASCII






sq toolbox armor binary-message.pgp










SEE ALSO


sq(1), sq-toolbox(1).


For the full documentation see
    <https://book.sequoia-pgp.org>.






VERSION


0.38.0 (sequoia-openpgp 1.21.2)







  

    0.38.0
    Sequoia PGP