{ "content": [ { "type": "text", "text": "# openssl-pkcs7 (man)\n\n## NAME\n\nopenssl-pkcs7 - PKCS#7 command\n\n## SYNOPSIS\n\nopenssl pkcs7 [-help] [-inform DER|PEM] [-outform DER|PEM] [-in filename] [-out filename]\n[-print] [-printcerts] [-text] [-noout] [-engine id] [-provider name] [-provider-path path]\n[-propquery propq]\n\n## DESCRIPTION\n\nThis command processes PKCS#7 files. Note that it only understands PKCS#7 v 1.5 as specified\nin IETF RFC 2315. It cannot currently parse CMS as described in IETF RFC 2630.\n\n## Sections\n\n- **NAME**\n- **SYNOPSIS**\n- **DESCRIPTION**\n- **OPTIONS** (12 subsections)\n- **EXAMPLES**\n- **SEE ALSO**\n- **HISTORY**\n- **COPYRIGHT**\n\nUse structuredContent.sections for detailed options, examples, and full documentation.\n" } ], "structuredContent": { "command": "openssl-pkcs7", "section": "", "mode": "man", "summary": "openssl-pkcs7 - PKCS#7 command", "synopsis": "openssl pkcs7 [-help] [-inform DER|PEM] [-outform DER|PEM] [-in filename] [-out filename]\n[-print] [-printcerts] [-text] [-noout] [-engine id] [-provider name] [-provider-path path]\n[-propquery propq]", "tldr_summary": null, "tldr_examples": [], "tldr_source": null, "flags": [ { "flag": "", "long": null, "arg": null, "description": "Print out a usage message." }, { "flag": "", "long": null, "arg": null, "description": "The input and formats; the default is PEM. See openssl-format-options(1) for details. The data is a PKCS#7 Version 1.5 structure." }, { "flag": "", "long": null, "arg": null, "description": "This specifies the input filename to read from or standard input if this option is not specified." }, { "flag": "", "long": null, "arg": null, "description": "Specifies the output filename to write to or standard output by default." }, { "flag": "", "long": null, "arg": null, "description": "Print out the full PKCS7 object." }, { "flag": "", "long": null, "arg": null, "description": "Prints out any certificates or CRLs contained in the file. They are preceded by their subject and issuer names in one line format." }, { "flag": "", "long": null, "arg": null, "description": "Prints out certificate details in full rather than just subject and issuer names." }, { "flag": "", "long": null, "arg": null, "description": "Don't output the encoded version of the PKCS#7 structure (or certificates if -printcerts is set)." }, { "flag": "", "long": null, "arg": null, "description": "See \"Engine Options\" in openssl(1). This option is deprecated." }, { "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": [ "Convert a PKCS#7 file from PEM to DER:", "openssl pkcs7 -in file.pem -outform DER -out file.der", "Output all certificates in a file:", "openssl pkcs7 -in file.pem -printcerts -out certs.pem" ], "see_also": [ { "name": "openssl", "section": "1", "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/openssl/1/json" }, { "name": "openssl-crl2pkcs7", "section": "1", "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/openssl-crl2pkcs7/1/json" } ], "section_outline": [ { "name": "NAME", "lines": 2, "subsections": [] }, { "name": "SYNOPSIS", "lines": 4, "subsections": [] }, { "name": "DESCRIPTION", "lines": 3, "subsections": [] }, { "name": "OPTIONS", "lines": 1, "subsections": [ { "name": "-help", "lines": 2 }, { "name": "-inform -outform", "lines": 4 }, { "name": "-in", "lines": 3 }, { "name": "-out", "lines": 2 }, { "name": "-print", "lines": 2 }, { "name": "-print", "lines": 3 }, { "name": "-text", "lines": 2 }, { "name": "-noout", "lines": 3 }, { "name": "-engine", "lines": 2 }, { "name": "-provider", "lines": 1 }, { "name": "-provider-path", "lines": 1 }, { "name": "-propquery", "lines": 2 } ] }, { "name": "EXAMPLES", "lines": 8, "subsections": [] }, { "name": "SEE ALSO", "lines": 2, "subsections": [] }, { "name": "HISTORY", "lines": 2, "subsections": [] }, { "name": "COPYRIGHT", "lines": 9, "subsections": [] } ], "sections": { "NAME": { "content": "openssl-pkcs7 - PKCS#7 command\n", "subsections": [] }, "SYNOPSIS": { "content": "openssl pkcs7 [-help] [-inform DER|PEM] [-outform DER|PEM] [-in filename] [-out filename]\n[-print] [-printcerts] [-text] [-noout] [-engine id] [-provider name] [-provider-path path]\n[-propquery propq]\n", "subsections": [] }, "DESCRIPTION": { "content": "This command processes PKCS#7 files. Note that it only understands PKCS#7 v 1.5 as specified\nin IETF RFC 2315. It cannot currently parse CMS as described in IETF RFC 2630.\n", "subsections": [] }, "OPTIONS": { "content": "", "subsections": [ { "name": "-help", "content": "Print out a usage message.\n" }, { "name": "-inform -outform", "content": "The input and formats; the default is PEM. See openssl-format-options(1) for details.\n\nThe data is a PKCS#7 Version 1.5 structure.\n" }, { "name": "-in", "content": "This specifies the input filename to read from or standard input if this option is not\nspecified.\n" }, { "name": "-out", "content": "Specifies the output filename to write to or standard output by default.\n" }, { "name": "-print", "content": "Print out the full PKCS7 object.\n" }, { "name": "-print", "content": "Prints out any certificates or CRLs contained in the file. They are preceded by their\nsubject and issuer names in one line format.\n" }, { "name": "-text", "content": "Prints out certificate details in full rather than just subject and issuer names.\n" }, { "name": "-noout", "content": "Don't output the encoded version of the PKCS#7 structure (or certificates if -printcerts\nis set).\n" }, { "name": "-engine", "content": "See \"Engine Options\" in openssl(1). This option is deprecated.\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": "Convert a PKCS#7 file from PEM to DER:\n\nopenssl pkcs7 -in file.pem -outform DER -out file.der\n\nOutput all certificates in a file:\n\nopenssl pkcs7 -in file.pem -printcerts -out certs.pem\n", "subsections": [] }, "SEE ALSO": { "content": "openssl(1), openssl-crl2pkcs7(1)\n", "subsections": [] }, "HISTORY": { "content": "The -engine option was deprecated in OpenSSL 3.0.\n", "subsections": [] }, "COPYRIGHT": { "content": "Copyright 2000-2021 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 .\n\n\n\n3.0.2 2026-06-02 OPENSSL-PKCS7(1SSL)", "subsections": [] } } } }