xsec-txfmout.pod(1)

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version 3.0.0 · 6 versions
, in debian trixie, ubuntu questing

💖 xmlsec-txfmout — the manual, but make it make sense 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because this one is genuinely useful and also lowkey underrated. this is the XML Security page for xmlsec-txfmout, and it does exactly one thing: it shows you what the XML transforms actually produce when a signature is being validated. no cap. that's the whole vibe.

✨ NAME ✨

xmlsec-txfmout — outputs the XML transforms that get used when you're validating a signature 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

xmlsec-txfmout [-s] [-o] [-r [n]] [-n] input

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so here's the tea: xmlsec-txfmout runs the various transforms that happen when you verify signatures on an XML document, and then it outputs the results so you can actually see them.

by default? the output goes straight to standard output. very chill of it. 💅

👑 OPTIONS 👑

⚠️ real talk: each option must be given as a separate argument. no squishing them together. the program is not about that life.
  • --newfiles, -n — makes a brand new output file for every reference or SignedInfo. this one is a package deal with -o — you should specify them together, fr fr. the file names get formed by appending "." and a number. cute, numbered, organized. 🎀
  • --out file, -o file — instead of letting the transform results spill out onto standard output, write them into the file you name. main character move: choosing your own destination. ✨
  • --references [num], -r [num] — output only references. and if you pass num, it picks out one single numbered reference to output. just the one. specific. focused. iconic. 💅
  • --signedinfo, -s — output the canonicalized SignedInfo only. that's it. that's the whole thing. 👑

💜 AUTHOR 💜

this manual page was written by Russ Allbery for Debian. shoutout. 🙌

🌈 MANUAL LICENSE 🌈

okay so this part is a whole legal moment, but it's a wholesome one. the authors hereby relinquish any claim to any copyright they may have in this work — whether it was granted under contract, by operation of law, or by international treaty — and they hereby commit to the public, at large, that they shall not, at any time in the future, seek to enforce any copyright in this work against any person or entity, or prevent any person or entity from copying, publishing, distributing, or creating derivative works of this work.

basically: it's free, it's yours, go wild. periodt. 💖

and that's the whole page bestie!! this one came from version 3.0.0, dated 2025-01-11, and it lives in the XML Security corner of the manual world. go forth and transform some XML. 🧚✨

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