JOSE-JWE-FMT(1)

okay bestie, you're looking at jose-jwe-fmt(1) and it's literally the format-shifting friend in the jose crew 💖✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

jose-jwe-fmt — Converts a JWE between serialization formats 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

jose jwe fmt -i JWE [-I CT] [-o JWE] [-O CT] [-c]

🔥 OVERVIEW 🔥

The jose jwe fmt command converts a JWE into alternative serialization formats. For example, it can:

1. Attach ciphertext to a detached JWE. 🎀
2. Detach ciphertext from a JWE. ✂️
3. Convert JWE Compact Serialization to JWE JSON Serialization. 🔁
4. Convert JWE JSON Serialization to JWE Compact Serialization. 🔁

No cap, it's giving "same JWE, different outfit" energy 👑

💅 OPTIONS 💅

• -i JSON, --input=JSON — Parse JWE from JSON 🍓
• -i FILE, --input=FILE — Read JWE from FILE 🌸
• -i -, --input=- — Read JWE from standard input 🫶
• -I FILE, --detached=FILE — Read decoded ciphertext from FILE 💖
• -I -, --detached=- — Read decoded ciphertext from standard input ✨
• -o FILE, --output=FILE — Write JWE to FILE 🎀
• -o -, --output=- — Write JWE to stdout (default) 🌈
• -O FILE, --detach=FILE — Detach ciphertext and decode to FILE 💅
• -O -, --detach=- — Detach ciphertext and decode to standard output 💜
• -c, --compact — Output JWE using compact serialization ⭐

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🌈 EXAMPLES 🌈

Attach ciphertext to a detached JWE and emit JWE Compact Serialization:

$ jose jwe fmt -i msg.jwe -I msg.ct -o compact.jwe -c

Detach ciphertext from a JWE:

$ jose jwe fmt -i msg.jwe -o detached.jwe -O detached.ct

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Shoutout to Nathaniel McCallum <npmccallum@redhat.com> — iconic behavior, fr fr 💖

🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

Go peek at jose-jwe-dec(1) and jose-jwe-enc(1) too, bestie 🦋

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xoxo, your Unix bestie — JOSE-JWE-FMT(1) · 06/09/2026 🌈💖