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PEM(8)                      System Manager's Manual                     PEM(8)



NAME
       pemdecode, pemencode - encode files in Privacy Enhanced Mail (PEM) for‐
       mat

SYNOPSIS
       auth/pemdecode section [ file ]

       auth/pemencode section [ file ]

DESCRIPTION
       PEM is a textual encoding for binary data originally used by  the  Pri‐
       vacy  Enhanced  Mail  program  but now commonly used for other applica‐
       tions, notably TLS.  PEM encodes data in base 64  (see  encode(2))  be‐
       tween lines of the form:

              -----BEGIN SECTION-----
              -----END SECTION-----

       where  SECTION may be any string describing the encoded data.  The most
       common use of PEM format on Plan 9 is for encoding X.509  certificates;
       see rsa(8).

       Pemdecode  extracts  the  named  section and writes the decoded data to
       standard output.

       Pemencode encodes its standard input,  labels  it  as  a  section,  and
       writes it to standard output.

EXAMPLES
       Encode and decode a simple greeting:

              % echo hello world |
                   auth/pemencode GREETING
              -----BEGIN GREETING-----
              aGVsbG8gd29ybGQK
              -----END GREETING-----
              % echo hello world |
                   auth/pemencode GREETING |
                   auth/pemdecode GREETING
              hello world
              %

SOURCE
       /sys/src/cmd/auth

SEE ALSO
       rsa(8)



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