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

                                            June 2024                               AGE-KEYGEN(1)