Name

pkcs7

Synopsis

The pkcs7 command is used to examine PKCS#7-formatted files. It can also be used to convert them from DER to PEM format, and vice versa.

Options

-in filename

Specify the name of a file containing a PKCS#7 structure. If this option is omitted, a PKCS#7 structure is read from stdin.

-inform DER|PEM

Specify the format, DER or PEM, of the input PKCS#7 structure. If this option is omitted, PEM is the default format.

-out filename

Specify the name of the file to which output from the command will be written. If this option is omitted, stdout will be used.

-outform DER|PEM

Specify the format, DER or PEM, of the PKCS#7 structure that is written by the command. If this option is omitted, the default format of PEM will be used.

-noout

Cause output of a PKCS#7 structure to be suppressed.

-text

Cause a human-readable representation of the input PKCS#7 structure to be output.

-print_certs

Cause any certificates or certificate revocation lists contained in the PKCS#7 structure to be output.

Notes

This command is not capable of printing out the various fields that can be contained in a PKCS#7 structure. Only PKCS#7 v1.5 structures as defined by RFC2315 are understood.

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