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9.2. Usage

The following example converts the ASCII base-64 encoded certificate in the ascii_cert.in file and writes the certificate in the pretty-print form to the output file ascii_cert.out. 
PrettyPrintCert /usr/home/smith/test/ascii_cert.in /usr/home/smith/test/ascii_cert.out
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The base-64 encoded certificate data in the ascii_cert.in looks like the following: 
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIIC2DCCAkGgAwIBAgICEAwwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEFBQAwfDELMAkGA1UEBhMCVVMxIzA
hBgNVBAoTGlBhbG9va2FWaWxsZSBXaWRnZXRzLCBJbmMuMR0wGwYDVQQLExRXaWRnZX
QgTWFrZXJzICdSJyBVczEpMCcGA1UEAxMgVGVzdCBUZXN0IFRlc3QgVGVzdCBUZXN0I
FRlc3QgQ0EwHhcNOTkwMjE4MDMMzM5WhcNMDAwMjE4MDM0MzM5WjCBrjELMAkGA1UEB
hMCVVMxJjAkBgNVBAoTHU5ldHNjYXBlIENvbW11bmljYXRpb25zIENvcnAuMRUwEwYD
VQQLEwOZXRzY2FwZSBDTVMxGDAWBEBEwhtaGFybXNlbjEfMB0GA1UEAxWaW50ZGV2Y2
EgQWRtaW5pcwp0frfJOObeiSsia3BuifRHBNw95ZZQR9NIXr1x5bE
-----END CERTIFICATE-----
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The certificate in pretty-print format in the ascii_cert.out file looks like the following: 
Certificate:
Data:
Version: v3
Serial Number: 0x100C
Signature Algorithm: OID.1.2.840.113549.1.1.5 -1.2.840.113549.1.1.5
Issuer: CN=Test CA,OU=Widget Makers 'R'Us,O=Example Corporation, Widgets\,Inc.,C=US
Validity:
 Not Before: Wednesday, February 17, 1999 7:43:39 PM
 Not After: Thursday, February 17, 2000 7:43:39 PM
Subject: MAIL=admin@example.com,CN=testCA Administrator, UID=admin, OU=IS,
 O=Example Corporation,C=US
Subject Public Key Info:
 Algorithm: RSA - 1.2.840.113549.1.1.1
 Public Key:
   30:81:89:02:81:81:00:DE:26:B3:C2:9D:3F:7F:FA:DF:
   24:E3:9B:7A:24:AC:89:AD:C1:BA:27:D1:1C:13:70:F7:
   96:59:41:1F:4D:21:7A:F5:C7:96:C4:75:83:35:9F:49:
   E4:B0:A7:5F:95:C4:09:EA:67:00:EF:BD:7C:39:92:11:
   31:F2:CA:C9:16:87:B9:AD:B8:39:69:18:CE:29:81:5F:
   F3:4D:97:B9:DF:B7:60:B3:00:03:16:8E:C1:F8:17:6E:
   7A:D2:00:0F:7D:9B:A2:69:35:18:70:1C:7C:AE:12:2F:
   0B:0F:EC:69:CD:57:6F:85:F3:3E:9D:43:64:EF:0D:5F:
   EF:40:FF:A6:68:FD:DD:02:03:01:00:01:
Extensions:
 Identifier: 2.16.840.1.113730.1.1
 Critical: no
 Value: 03:02:00:A0:
Identifier: Authority Key Identifier - 2.5.29.35
 Critical: no
 Key Identifier:
   EB:B5:11:8F:00:9A:1A:A6:6E:52:94:A9:74:BC:65:CF:
 07:89:2A:23:
Signature:
 Algorithm: OID.1.2.840.113549.1.1.5 - 1.2.840.113549.1.1.5
 Signature:
   3E:8A:A9:9B:D1:71:EE:37:0D:1F:A0:C1:00:17:53:26:
   6F:EE:28:15:20:74:F6:C5:4F:B4:E7:95:3C:A2:6A:74:
   92:3C:07:A8:39:12:1B:7E:C4:C7:AE:79:C8:D8:FF:1F:
   D5:48:D8:2E:DD:87:88:69:D5:3A:06:CA:CA:9C:9A:55:
   DA:A9:E8:BF:36:BC:68:6D:1F:2B:1C:26:62:7C:75:27:
   E2:8D:24:4A:14:9C:92:C6:F0:7A:05:A1:52:D7:CC:7D:
   E0:9D:6C:D8:97:3A:9C:12:8C:25:48:7F:51:59:BE:3C:
   2B:30:BF:EB:0A:45:7D:A6:49:FB:E7:BE:04:05:D6:8F:
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The following example command takes the ASCII base-64 encoded certificate in the ascii_cert.in file and writes the information contained within the certificate to the simple format output file cert.simple. 
PrettyPrintCert -simpleinfo /usr/home/smith/test/ascii_cert.in /usr/home/smith/test/cert.simple
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The base-64 encoded certificate data in ascii_cert.in file looks similar to the following: 
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIIC2DCCAkGgAwIBAgICEAwwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEFBQAwfDELMAkGA1UEBhMCVVMxIzA
hBgNVBAoTGlBhbG9va2FWaWxsZSBXaWRnZXRzLCBJbmMuMR0wGwYDVQQLExRXaWRnZX
QgTWFrZXJzICdSJyBVczEpMCcGA1UEAxMgVGVzdCBUZXN0IFRlc3QgVGVzdCBUZXN0I
FRlc3QgQ0EwHhcNOTkwMjE4MDMMzM5WhcNMDAwMjE4MDM0MzM5WjCBrjELMAkGA1UEB
hMCVVMxJjAkBgNVBAoTHU5ldHNjYXBlIENvbW11bmljYXRpb25zIENvcnAuMRUwEwYD
VQQLEwOZXRzY2FwZSBDTVMxGDAWBEBEwhtaGFybXNlbjEfMB0GA1UEAxWaW50ZGV2Y2
EgQWRtaW5pcwp0frfJOObeiSsia3BuifRHBNw95ZZQR9NIXr1x5bE
-----END CERTIFICATE-----
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The simple certificate information in the cert.simple output file looks like the following: 
  MAIL=admin@example.com
  CN=testCA Administrator
  UID=admin
  OU=IS
  O=Example Corporation
  C=US
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