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age-keygen — Generate `age` key pairs. See also: `age`. More information: <https://manned.org/age-keygen>.

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Problem

How to use the age-keygen command: Generate age key pairs. See also: age. More information: <https://manned.org/age-keygen>.

Solution

age-keygen — Generate age key pairs. See also: age. More information: <https://manned.org/age-keygen>.

Generate a key pair, save it to an unencrypted file, and print the public key to stdout:

age-keygen {{[-o|--output]}} {{path/to/file}}

Convert an identit[y] to a recipient and print the public key to stdout:

age-keygen -y {{path/to/file}}

Code Snippets

Generate a key pair, save it to an unencrypted file, and print the public key to `stdout`

age-keygen {{[-o|--output]}} {{path/to/file}}

Convert an identit[y] to a recipient and print the public key to `stdout`

age-keygen -y {{path/to/file}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/age-keygen

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