py3rsa-keygen(1)

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💖 py3rsa-keygen(1) 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because this is the glow-up of your crypto life ✨ — it's py3rsa-keygen, straight out of the General Commands Manual, section 1, and it does exactly one thing but it does it flawlessly: it makes you a brand new RSA keypair. no cap. 👑

✨ NAME ✨

py3rsa-keygen — generate a new RSA keypair 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

py3rsa-keygen [OPTION]... KEYSIZE

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

okay so literally all it does: generate a new RSA keypair of KEYSIZE bits. that's the whole vibe. you hand it a size, it hands you a keypair. iconic behavior fr fr 🎀

⭐ OPTIONS ⭐

  • -h, --help — shows you the help message and then dips (exits). the classic "wait what do i do" button 🫶
  • --pubout=PUBOUT — the output filename for the public key. ⚠️ heads up bestie: if you don't pass this option, the public key is not saved at all. it just... doesn't happen. no public key for you. but don't stress — you can use py3rsa-priv2pub to create the public key file later. main character problem-solving energy 💖
  • -o OUT, --out=OUT — the output filename for the private key. if you skip this one, the key gets written to stdout instead, which is giving "i'll just print it right here" 😭 totally valid, just know that's where it's going 👀
  • --form=FORM — the key format for the private and public keys. default is PEM 🌸

🌈 AUTHOR 🌈

py3rsa-keygen was written by Sybren A. Stuvel <sybren AT stuvel.eu>. legend behavior, we love to see it 👑

k that's the whole page bestie, go forth and generate responsibly 🔥

and that's a wrap on py3rsa-keygen(1) from the General Commands Manual — section 1, as always 💖 🦋✨🎀

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