SQ(1) User Commands SQ(1)

sq key expire - Change a certificate's expiration time

sq key expire [OPTIONS]

Change a certificate's expiration time.

This subcommand changes a certificate's expiration time. To change the expiration time of an individual subkey, use the `sq key subkey expire` subcommand.

Emit binary data
Change the expiration of the key with the specified fingerprint or key ID
Change the expiration of the key where a user ID includes the specified email address
Define EXPIRATION for the key as ISO 8601 formatted string or custom duration. If an ISO 8601 formatted string is provided, the validity period reaches from the reference time (may be set using `--time`) to the provided time. Custom durations starting from the reference time may be set using `N[ymwds]`, for N years, months, weeks, days, or seconds. The special keyword `never` sets an unlimited expiry.
Change the expiration of the key read from PATH
Write to FILE or stdout if omitted
Change the expiration of the key with the specified user ID

See sq(1) for a description of the global options.

Change Alice's certificate to expire in a year.

sq key expire --expiration 1y --cert \
EB28F26E2739A4870ECC47726F0073F60FD0CBF0

Change Alice's certificate to never expire.

sq key expire --expiration never --cert \
EB28F26E2739A4870ECC47726F0073F60FD0CBF0

sq(1), sq-key(1).

For the full documentation see https://book.sequoia-pgp.org.

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