hissh-export(1)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so hissh-export — yes, hissh-export(1) from the General Commands Manual — is the utility that exports public or private SSH keys from a himitsu(7) keystore in OpenSSH-compatible formats. iconic.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

hissh-export [-p] [query]

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🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

The hissh-export utility fetches SSH keys from the Himitsu key store matching the given query, converts them to an OpenSSH-compatible format, and prints them to the standard output. the way that works is honestly so clean 💅

If the -p option is provided, the keys are decrypted and the private keys are written to the standard output. Otherwise, the public key is written.

• -p — decrypt the keys and write the private keys to the standard output instead of the public key. private-key mode, bestie 🔥

If no query is provided, all SSH keys in the key store are exported.

heads up: -p is the private-key path — it writes decrypted private keys to standard output, no cap. 🫶

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• hissh-agent(1)
• hissh-import(1)

go give these a look, iykyk 🦋

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👑 AUTHORS 👑

Maintained by Drew DeVault <sir@cmpwn.com>, who is assited by other contributors. Up-to-date source code can be found at https://git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/himitsu-ssh, and bugs/patches can be submitted by email to ~sircmpwn/himitsu-devel@lists.sr.ht.

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🎀 that's the hissh-export(1) page from the General Commands Manual, dated 2026-03-23 — periodt, bestie 💜