nput.</p>

<p>For more information about the format of <b>arg</b> see <a href="../man1/openssl-passphrase-options.html">openssl-passphrase-options(1)</a>.</p>

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

<p>By default a private key is read from the input. With this option a public key is read instead. If the input contains no public key but a private key, its public part is used.</p>

</dd>
</dl>

<h2 id="Output-options">Output options</h2>

<dl>

<dt id="out-filename"><b>-out</b> <i>filename</i></dt>
<dd