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📖 NAME

openssl-version — print OpenSSL version information

🚀 Quick Reference

Use Case	Command	Description
Print version number	openssl version	Shows the current OpenSSL release version
Print all build info	openssl version -a	Equivalent to enabling all flags below
Print version date	openssl version -b	Shows the date the library was built
Print compile flags	openssl version -f	Displays the compilation flags used
Print platform	openssl version -p	Shows the target platform
Print directories	openssl version -d -e -m	Shows OPENSSLDIR, ENGINESDIR, and MODULESDIR
Print random source	openssl version -r	Displays the random number generator source
Print CPU settings	openssl version -c	Shows CPU-specific info

📄 SYNOPSIS

openssl version [-help] [-a] [-v] [-b] [-o] [-f] [-p] [-d] [-e] [-m] [-r] [-c]

📝 DESCRIPTION

This command is used to print out version information about OpenSSL.

⚙️ OPTIONS

• -help — 📌 Print out a usage message.
• -a — 🔍 All information, this is the same as setting all the other flags.
• -v — 🔢 The current OpenSSL version.
• -b — 📅 The date the current version of OpenSSL was built.
• -o — 🛠️ Option information: various options set when the library was built.
• -f — 🏗️ Compilation flags.
• -p — 💻 Platform setting.
• -d — 📂 OPENSSLDIR setting.
• -e — 📂 ENGINESDIR settings.
• -m — 📂 MODULESDIR settings.
• -r — 🎲 The random number generator source settings.
• -c — 🖥️ The OpenSSL CPU settings info.

📌 NOTES

The output of openssl version -a would typically be used when sending in a bug report.

©️ COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2000-2020 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.

Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License"). You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html.

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