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            "text": "# openssl-nseq (man)\n\n## NAME\n\nopenssl-nseq - create or examine a Netscape certificate sequence\n\n## SYNOPSIS\n\nopenssl nseq [-help] [-in filename] [-out filename] [-toseq] [-provider name] [-provider-path\npath] [-propquery propq]\n\n## DESCRIPTION\n\nThis 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\n## Sections\n\n- **NAME**\n- **SYNOPSIS**\n- **DESCRIPTION**\n- **OPTIONS** (7 subsections)\n- **EXAMPLES**\n- **COPYRIGHT**\n\nUse structuredContent.sections for detailed options, examples, and full documentation.\n"
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                "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."
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            "NAME": {
                "content": "openssl-nseq - create or examine a Netscape certificate sequence\n",
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                "content": "openssl nseq [-help] [-in filename] [-out filename] [-toseq] [-provider name] [-provider-path\npath] [-propquery propq]\n",
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                "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",
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                        "name": "-help",
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                        "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"
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                "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",
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                "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)",
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