{
    "mode": "man",
    "parameter": "openssl-nseq",
    "section": "1",
    "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/openssl-nseq/1/json",
    "generated": "2026-06-15T14:38:05Z",
    "synopsis": "openssl nseq [-help] [-in filename] [-out filename] [-toseq] [-provider name] [-provider-path\npath] [-propquery propq]",
    "sections": {
        "NAME": {
            "content": "openssl-nseq - create or examine a Netscape certificate sequence\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SYNOPSIS": {
            "content": "openssl nseq [-help] [-in filename] [-out filename] [-toseq] [-provider name] [-provider-path\npath] [-propquery propq]\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "DESCRIPTION": {
            "content": "This command takes a file containing a Netscape certificate sequence and prints out the\ncertificates contained in it or takes a file of certificates and converts it into a Netscape\ncertificate sequence.\n\nA Netscape certificate sequence is an old Netscape-specific format that can be sometimes be\nsent to browsers as an alternative to the standard PKCS#7 format when several certificates\nare sent to the browser, for example during certificate enrollment.  It was also used by\nNetscape certificate server.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "OPTIONS": {
            "content": "",
            "subsections": [
                {
                    "name": "-help",
                    "content": "Print out a usage message.\n"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-in",
                    "content": "This specifies the input filename to read or standard input if this option is not\nspecified.\n"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-out",
                    "content": "Specifies the output filename or standard output by default.\n"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-toseq",
                    "content": "Normally a Netscape certificate sequence will be input and the output is the certificates\ncontained in it. With the -toseq option the situation is reversed: a Netscape certificate\nsequence is created from a file of certificates.\n"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-provider",
                    "content": ""
                },
                {
                    "name": "-provider-path",
                    "content": ""
                },
                {
                    "name": "-propquery",
                    "content": "See \"Provider Options\" in openssl(1), provider(7), and property(7).\n"
                }
            ]
        },
        "EXAMPLES": {
            "content": "Output the certificates in a Netscape certificate sequence\n\nopenssl nseq -in nseq.pem -out certs.pem\n\nCreate a Netscape certificate sequence\n\nopenssl nseq -in certs.pem -toseq -out nseq.pem\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "COPYRIGHT": {
            "content": "Copyright 2000-2020 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.\n\nLicensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the \"License\").  You may not use this file except in\ncompliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy in the file LICENSE in the source\ndistribution or at <https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.\n\n\n\n3.0.2                                        2026-06-02                           OPENSSL-NSEQ(1SSL)",
            "subsections": []
        }
    },
    "summary": "openssl-nseq - create or examine a Netscape certificate sequence",
    "flags": [
        {
            "flag": "",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": "Print out a usage message."
        },
        {
            "flag": "",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": "This specifies the input filename to read or standard input if this option is not specified."
        },
        {
            "flag": "",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": "Specifies the output filename or standard output by default."
        },
        {
            "flag": "",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": "Normally a Netscape certificate sequence will be input and the output is the certificates contained in it. With the -toseq option the situation is reversed: a Netscape certificate sequence is created from a file of certificates."
        },
        {
            "flag": "",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": ""
        },
        {
            "flag": "",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": ""
        },
        {
            "flag": "",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": "See \"Provider Options\" in openssl(1), provider(7), and property(7)."
        }
    ],
    "examples": [
        "Output the certificates in a Netscape certificate sequence",
        "openssl nseq -in nseq.pem -out certs.pem",
        "Create a Netscape certificate sequence",
        "openssl nseq -in certs.pem -toseq -out nseq.pem"
    ],
    "see_also": []
}