NAME

       sexp-conv - convert s-expression to a different encoding

SYNOPSIS

       Conversion:
       sexp-conv [OPTION]...  < INPUT-SEXP

       Fingerprinting:
       sexp-conv --hash[=algorithm] [OPTION]...  < INPUT-SEXP

DESCRIPTION

       This  manual  page  documents briefly the sexp-conv command.  This manual page was written for the Debian
       GNU/Linux distribution because the original program does  not  have  a  manual  page.   Instead,  it  has
       documentation in the GNU Info format; see below.

       sexp-conv  is  a  program  that  converts S-expressions. It automatically detects the s-expression syntax
       variant of the input. It is primarily used by the `lsh'  packages,  which  stores  keys  and  most  other
       objects on disk in that format, but may be of other use as well.

OPTIONS

       This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-').
       A summary of options is included below.  For a complete description, see the Info files.

       --hash=algorithm
              Output only the hash of the s-expression, using algorithm (default: sha1).

       --raw-hash
              Alias for --hash, for compatibility with lsh 1.x.

       --once Process exactly one s-expression.

       --spki-hash
              Output an SPKI hash for the object. Not yet implemented.

       -s, --syntax=format
              Variant  of S-expression to output. Valid S-expression formats are: transport, canonical (binary),
              advanced, and hex (same as advanced, but numbers in hex instead of base64).

       -w, --width=width
              Limit output to lines of width characters (has no effect  on  canonical  syntax).  Zero  means  no
              limit.

       -?, --help
              Show summary of options.

       -V, --version
              Show version of program.

SEE ALSO

       ssh-conv(1), lsh(1), lshd(8), http://theworld.com/~cme/spki.txt.
       The  programs  are  documented fully by the sexp section under the Getting Started header of the lsh info
       page, available via the Info system.

BUGS

       This program should be documented in the nettle manual, not in the lsh manual.

AUTHOR

       This manual page was originally written by Timshel Knoll <timshel@debian.org>, for the  Debian  GNU/Linux
       system (but may be used by others). Edited by Magnus Holmgren <magnus@kibibyte.se>.

nettle 1.15                                         June 2007                                       SEXP-CONV(1)