Commandline interface ================================================== A lot of the Python-RSA functionality is also available as commandline scripts. On Linux and other unix-like systems they are executable Python scripts, on Windows they are .exe files. All scripts accept a ``--help`` parameter that give you instructions on how to use them. Here is a short overview: .. index:: CLI interface .. index:: pyrsa-keygen, pyrsa-encrypt, pyrsa-decrypt, pyrsa-sign .. index:: pyrsa-verify, pyrsa-priv2pub, pyrsa-encrypt-bigfile .. index:: pyrsa-decrypt-bigfile, pyrsa-decrypt-bigfile +-------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+ | Command | Usage | Core function | +=========================+===================================================+=========================================+ | pyrsa-keygen | Generates a new RSA key pair in PEM or DER format | :py:func:`rsa.newkeys` | +-------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+ | pyrsa-encrypt | Encrypts a file. The file must be shorter than | :py:func:`rsa.encrypt` | | | the key length in order to be encrypted. | | +-------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+ | pyrsa-decrypt | Decrypts a file. | :py:func:`rsa.decrypt` | +-------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+ | pyrsa-sign | Signs a file, outputs the signature. | :py:func:`rsa.sign` | +-------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+ | pyrsa-verify | Verifies a signature. The result is written to | :py:func:`rsa.verify` | | | the console as well as returned in the exit | | | | status code. | | +-------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+ | pyrsa-priv2pub | Reads a private key and outputs the | \- | | | corresponding public key. | | +-------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+ | *pyrsa-encrypt-bigfile* | *Encrypts a file to an encrypted VARBLOCK file. | *Deprecated in Python-RSA 3.4 and | | | The file can be larger than the key length, but | removed from version 4.0.* | | | the output file is only compatible with | | | | Python-RSA.* | | +-------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+ | *pyrsa-decrypt-bigfile* | *Decrypts an encrypted VARBLOCK file.* | *Deprecated in Python-RSA 3.4 and | | | | removed from version 4.0.* | +-------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+