eyfile</b> option is used, if present. Thus, if you want to write the private key and the <b>-key</b> option is provided, you should provide the <b>-keyout</b> option explicitly. If a new key is generated and no filename is specified the key is written to standard output.</p>

</dd>
<dt id="noenc"><b>-noenc</b></dt>
<dd>

<p>If this option is specified then if a private key is created it will not be encrypted.</p>

</dd>
<dt id="nodes"><b>-nodes</b></dt>
<dd>

<p>This option is deprecated since OpenSSL 3.0;