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SQ(1) User Commands SQ(1)

NAME

sq packet armor - Convert binary to ASCII

SYNOPSIS

sq packet 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 packet 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 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










SEE ALSO


sq(1), sq-packet(1).


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






VERSION


0.40.0 (sequoia-openpgp 1.21.2)







  

    0.40.0
    Sequoia PGP