AGE-KEYGEN(1)                                                    AGE-KEYGEN(1)

NAME
       age-keygen - generate age(1) key pairs

SYNOPSIS
       age-keygen [-o OUTPUT]
       age-keygen -y [-o OUTPUT] [INPUT]

DESCRIPTION
       age-keygen generates a new native age(1) key pair, and outputs the
       identity to standard output or to the OUTPUT file. The output includes
       the public key and the current time as comments.

       If the output is not going to a terminal, age-keygen prints the public
       key to standard error.

OPTIONS
       -o, --output=OUTPUT
              Write the identity to OUTPUT instead of standard output.

              If OUTPUT already exists, it is not overwritten.

       -y     Read an identity file from INPUT or from standard input and
              output the corresponding recipient(s), one per line, with no
              comments.

       --version
              Print the version and exit.

EXAMPLES
       Generate a new identity:



           $ age-keygen
           # created: 2021-01-02T15:30:45+01:00
           # public key: age1lvyvwawkr0mcnnnncaghunadrqkmuf9e6507x9y920xxpp866cnql7dp2z
           AGE-SECRET-KEY-1N9JEPW6DWJ0ZQUDX63F5A03GX8QUW7PXDE39N8UYF82VZ9PC8UFS3M7XA9




       Write a new identity to key.txt:



           $ age-keygen -o key.txt
           Public key: age1ql3z7hjy54pw3hyww5ayyfg7zqgvc7w3j2elw8zmrj2kg5sfn9aqmcac8p




       Convert an identity to a recipient:



           $ age-keygen -y key.txt
           age1ql3z7hjy54pw3hyww5ayyfg7zqgvc7w3j2elw8zmrj2kg5sfn9aqmcac8p




SEE ALSO
       age(1)

AUTHORS
       Filippo Valsorda age@filippo.io

                                September 2022                   AGE-KEYGEN(1)