PSKCTOOL(1) User Commands PSKCTOOL(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

pskctool - Portable Symmetric Key Container (PSKC) tool

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**pskctool** \[*OPTION*]... \[*FILE*]...

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

Manipulate Portable Symmetric Key Container (PSKC) data.

This tool allows you to parse, print, validate, sign and verify PSKC data. The input is provided in FILE or on standard input.

[**-h**, **--help**](#h)

Print help and exit

[**-V**, **--version**](#V)

Print version and exit

[**--strict**](#strict)

Fail hard on PSKC parse error (default=off)

[**-d**, **--debug**](#d)

Show debug messages on stderr (default=off)

[**-q**, **--quiet**](#q)

Quiet operation (default=off)

[**-v**, **--verbose**](#v)

Produce more output (default=off)

Selecting one of the following modes is required:

Mode: info

[**-i**, **--info**](#i)

Parse and print human readable summary of PSKC input (default=off)

Mode: validate

[**-e**, **--validate**](#e)

Validate PSKC input against XML Schema (default=off)

Mode: sign

Digitally sign PSKC data

[**--sign**](#sign)

Sign PSKC input (default=off)

[**--sign-key**=*FILE*](#sign~2)

Private key to sign with

[**--sign-crt**=*FILE*](#sign~3)

X.509 certificate to sign with

Mode: verify

Verify digitally signed PSKC data

[**--verify**](#verify)

Verify signed PSKC input (default=off)

[**--verify-crt**=*FILE*](#verify~2)

Trusted X.509 certificate for verification

# [EXAMPLES](#EXAMPLES)

See <https://www.nongnu.org/oath-toolkit/libpskc-api/pskc-tutorial-pskctool.html>.

# [AUTHOR](#AUTHOR)

Written by Simon Josefsson.

# [REPORTING BUGS](#REPORTING_BUGS)

Report bugs to: oath-toolkit-help@nongnu.org pskctool home page: <https://www.nongnu.org/oath-toolkit/>  
General help using GNU software: <https://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>

# [COPYRIGHT](#COPYRIGHT)

Copyright © 2024 Simon Josefsson. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.  
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

September 2026 OATH Toolkit 2.6.12-dirty

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Document: pskctool(1) from oath-toolkit 2.6.12-r13 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://gitlab.com/oath-toolkit/oath-toolkit.git