SQ(1)

NAME
sq armor - Converts binary to ASCII

SYNOPSIS
sq [GLOBAL OPTIONS] armor [OPTIONS] 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

  Global options

-f, --force
    Overwrites existing files

--help
    Print help information

--known-notation=NOTATION
    Adds NOTATION to the list of known notations

--output-format=FORMAT
    Produces output in FORMAT, if possible

--output-version=VERSION
    Produces output variant VERSION.

--version
    Print version information

  Subcommand options

--help
    Print help information

--label=LABEL
    Selects the kind of armor header

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

--version
    Print version information

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
sq(1).

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

VERSION
0.28.0 (sequoia-openpgp 1.13.0, using Nettle)