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            "text": "# openssl-passphrase-options (man)\n\n## NAME\n\nopenssl-passphrase-options - Pass phrase options\n\n## SYNOPSIS\n\nopenssl command [ options ... ] [ parameters ... ]\n\n## DESCRIPTION\n\nSeveral OpenSSL commands accept password arguments, typically using -passin and -passout for\ninput and output passwords respectively. These allow the password to be obtained from a\nvariety of sources. Both of these options take a single argument whose format is described\nbelow. If no password argument is given and a password is required then the user is prompted\nto enter one: this will typically be read from the current terminal with echoing turned off.\n\n## Sections\n\n- **NAME**\n- **SYNOPSIS**\n- **DESCRIPTION**\n- **OPTIONS** (2 subsections)\n- **COPYRIGHT**\n\nUse structuredContent.sections for detailed options, examples, and full documentation.\n"
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            "NAME": {
                "content": "openssl-passphrase-options - Pass phrase options\n",
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                "content": "openssl command [ options ... ] [ parameters ... ]\n",
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                "content": "Several OpenSSL commands accept password arguments, typically using -passin and -passout for\ninput and output passwords respectively. These allow the password to be obtained from a\nvariety of sources. Both of these options take a single argument whose format is described\nbelow. If no password argument is given and a password is required then the user is prompted\nto enter one: this will typically be read from the current terminal with echoing turned off.\n\nNote that character encoding may be relevant, please see passphrase-encoding(7).\n",
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                        "name": "Pass Phrase Option Arguments",
                        "content": "Pass phrase arguments can be formatted as follows.\n\npass:password\nThe actual password is password. Since the password is visible to utilities (like 'ps'\nunder Unix) this form should only be used where security is not important.\n\nenv:var\nObtain the password from the environment variable var. Since the environment of other\nprocesses is visible on certain platforms (e.g. ps under certain Unix OSes) this option\nshould be used with caution.\n\nfile:pathname\nThe first line of pathname is the password. If the same pathname argument is supplied to\n-passin and -passout arguments then the first line will be used for the input password\nand the next line for the output password. pathname need not refer to a regular file: it\ncould for example refer to a device or named pipe.\n\nfd:number\nRead the password from the file descriptor number. This can be used to send the data via\na pipe for example.\n"
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                        "content": "Read the password from standard input.\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-PASSPHRASE-OPTIONS(1SSL)",
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