.TH SQ-ARMOR "1" "JANUARY 2021" "0.24.0 (SEQUOIA-OPENPGP 1.0.0)" "USER COMMANDS" 5
.SH NAME
sq\-armor \- Converts binary to ASCII

To make encrypted data easier to handle and transport, OpenPGP data
can be transformed to an ASCII representation called ASCII Armor.  sq
emits armored data by default, but this subcommand can be used to
convert existing OpenPGP data to its ASCII\-encoded representation.

The converse operation is "sq dearmor".

.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBsq armor\fR [FLAGS] [OPTIONS] [\-\-] [FILE]
.SH FLAGS
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
Prints help information
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-output\fR FILE
Writes to FILE or stdout if omitted

.TP
\fB\-\-label\fR LABEL
Selects the kind of armor header  [default: auto]  [possible values: auto, message, cert, key, sig, file]
.SH ARGS
.TP
FILE
Reads from FILE or stdin if omitted
.SH EXAMPLES
.TP
# Convert a binary certificate to ASCII
\fB $ sq armor binary\-juliet.pgp\fR
.TP
# Convert a binary message to ASCII
\fB $ sq armor binary\-message.pgp\fR

.SH SEE ALSO
For the full documentation see <https://docs.sequoia\-pgp.org/sq/>.

.ad l
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sq(1), sq\-armor(1), sq\-autocrypt(1), sq\-certify(1), sq\-dearmor(1), sq\-decrypt(1), sq\-encrypt(1), sq\-inspect(1), sq\-key(1), sq\-keyring(1), sq\-packet(1), sq\-sign(1), sq\-verify(1)


.SH AUTHORS
.P
.RS 2
.nf
Azul <azul@sequoia\-pgp.org>
Igor Matuszewski <igor@sequoia\-pgp.org>
Justus Winter <justus@sequoia\-pgp.org>
Kai Michaelis <kai@sequoia\-pgp.org>
Neal H. Walfield <neal@sequoia\-pgp.org>
Nora Widdecke <nora@sequoia\-pgp.org>
Wiktor Kwapisiewicz <wiktor@sequoia\-pgp.org>