SIGSUM-KEY-TO-HEX(1)

💖 SIGSUM-KEY-TO-HEX(1) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the sigsum-key-to-hex page — part of the user commands crew. She's little, she's focused, and she does exactly one job: glow-up your key from OpenSSH format into hex. no cap. 🦋

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✨ NAME ✨

sigsum-key-to-hex — convert public key in OpenSSH format to hex format

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

sigsum-key to-hex [--help] [-k key-file] [-o output-file]

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

So here's the tea: this reads a public key in OpenSSH format and spits it back out in hex format. that's it, that's the whole vibe.

the public key gets read on stdin and the output gets written on stdout — classic little pipeline moment, we love to see it.

and if you're like "hmm, not the default pls" — you can override the default behavior with the -k and -o options. king behavior honestly 👑

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🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• --help — show usage message and exit. short, sweet, does not overstay her welcome 💁‍♀️
• -k, --key=key-file — public key in OpenSSH format
• -o, --output=output-file — public key in hex format

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⭐ RETURN CODES ⭐

A non-zero return code is used to indicate failure. so like, if it comes back with a non-zero number? something went wrong, bestie, and she's telling you 😭

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🫶 CONTACT 🫶

wanna chat? send an email to the sigsum-general mailing list at sigsum-general@lists.sigsum.org. 📧

you can also reach out in room #sigsum at OFTC.net and matrix.org. come say hi, we don't bite 🧚

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🙈 REPORTING BUGS 🙈

Use the issue tracker located at https://git.glasklar.is/sigsum/core/sigsum-go/-/issues.

and if you don't have a GitLab account (no shade, we get it) — to file issues without one, send an email to sigsum-core-sigsum-go-issues@incoming.glasklar.is and wait for a maintainer to make the issue public. patience era ✨

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the whole friend group, fr fr:

• sigsum-key-from-hex(1)
• sigsum-key-from-vkey(1)
• sigsum-key-generate(1)
• sigsum-key-sign(1)
• sigsum-key-to-hash(1)
• sigsum-key-to-hex(1)
• sigsum-key-to-vkey(1)
• sigsum-key-verify(1)
• sigsum-monitor(1)
• sigsum-policy(1)
• sigsum-submit(1)
• sigsum-token(1)
• sigsum-tools(5)
• sigsum-verify(1)

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okay and that's the page!! 🎉 this was sigsum-key to-hex, version 0.14.1-2, dated June 2026 — yeah she's been around and she's still iconic. go convert some keys bestie, you got this 💜 periodt ✨