PKCS7 1 2003-07-24 0.9.9-dev OpenSSL

### NAME

pkcs7 - PKCS#7 utility

### LIBRARY

libcrypto, -lcrypto

### SYNOPSIS

openssl pkcs7 [-inform PEM|DER] [-outform PEM|DER] [-in filename] [-out filename] [-print_certs] [-text] [-noout] [-engine id]

### DESCRIPTION

The pkcs7 command processes PKCS#7 files in DER or PEM format.

### COMMAND OPTIONS

-inform DER|PEM This specifies the input format. DER format is DER encoded PKCS#7
  v1.5 structure.PEM (the default) is a base64 encoded version of the DER form with header and footer lines.
-outform DER|PEM This specifies the output format, the options have the same meaning as the
  -inform option.
-in filename This specifies the input filename to read from or standard input if this
  option is not specified.
-out filename specifies the output filename to write to or standard output by
  default.
-print_certs prints out any certificates or CRLs contained in the file. They are
  preceded by their subject and issuer names in one line format.
-text prints out certificates details in full rather than just subject and
  issuer names.
-noout don't output the encoded version of the PKCS#7 structure (or certificates
  is -print_certs is set).
-engine id specifying an engine (by it's unique id string) will cause req
  to attempt to obtain a functional reference to the specified engine, thus initialising it if needed. The engine will then be set as the default for all available algorithms.

### 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 -print_certs -out certs.pem

### NOTES

The PEM PKCS#7 format uses the header and footer lines:

     -----BEGIN PKCS7-----
     -----END PKCS7-----

For compatibility with some CAs it will also accept:

     -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
     -----END CERTIFICATE-----

### RESTRICTIONS

There is no option to print out all the fields of a PKCS#7 file.

This PKCS#7 routines only understand PKCS#7 v 1.5 as specified in RFC2315 they cannot currently parse, for example, the new CMS as described in RFC2630.

### SEE ALSO

openssl_crl2pkcs7(1)