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<p>This specifies the output filename to save the encoded and/or text output of key or standard output if this option is not specified. If any cipher option is set but no <b>-passout</b> is given then a pass phrase will be prompted for. The output filename should <b>not</b> be the same as the input filename.</p>

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<dt id="outform-DER-PEM"><b>-outform</b> <b>DER</b>|<b>PEM</b></dt>
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<p>The key output format; the default is <b>PEM</b>. See <a href="../man1/openssl-format-options.html">openssl-for