As the private key is mathematically linked to the public key, it is also possible to generate or derive the public key from the private key. Using the example of the preceding private key, the public key can be generated as shown here:
$ openssl rsa -pubout -in privatekey.pem -out publickey.pem writing RSA key
The public key can be viewed using a file reader or any text viewer:
$ cat publickey.pem -----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY----- MIGfMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUAA4GNADCBiQKBgQCiThQcz8trznenpgZP1Bq8w8u0 74A2J2MQX4hCSHf6/hMjLfxdeJNnw0zlcMV2l08YkIA/gSronsv+vfYrZ66lv8cv 6aHAzL6G4/EAp4BJ7TnTaFUmjfrdH/Z0TN4lTPeJs9/wv7+L176GnD8j5K/9I4SF dMKArq1xk4IYKiGx0QIDAQAB -----END PUBLIC KEY-----
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