armor(1)

NAME
armor - Converts binary to ASCII

SYNOPSIS
armor [-o|--output] [--label] [-h|--help] [FILE]

DESCRIPTION
Converts binary to ASCII

To make encrypted data easier to handle and transport, OpenPGP data can be transformed to an ASCII representation called ASCII Armor. sq emits armored data by default, but this subcommand can be used to convert existing OpenPGP data to its ASCII-encoded representation.

The converse operation is "sq dearmor".

OPTIONS

-o, --output=FILE
    Writes to FILE or stdout if omitted

--label=LABEL [default: auto] [possible values: auto, message, cert, key, sig, file]
    Selects the kind of armor header

-h, --help
    Print help information

[FILE]
    Reads from FILE or stdin if omitted

EXAMPLES
 Convert a binary certificate to ASCII

     sq armor binary-juliet.pgp

 Convert a binary message to ASCII

     sq armor binary-message.pgp

SEE ALSO
For the full documentation see <https://docs.sequoia-pgp.org/sq/>.

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