go-ethereum/cmd/ethkey/main.go
Steven Roose eeb53bc143 cmd/ethkey: new command line tool for keys (#15438)
ethkey is a new tool that serves as a command line interface to
the basic key management functionalities of geth. It currently
supports:
 
 - generating keyfiles
 - inspecting keyfiles (print public and private key)
 - signing messages
 - verifying signed messages
2017-12-21 11:36:05 +01:00

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// Copyright 2017 The go-ethereum Authors
// This file is part of go-ethereum.
//
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package main
import (
"fmt"
"os"
"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/cmd/utils"
"gopkg.in/urfave/cli.v1"
)
const (
defaultKeyfileName = "keyfile.json"
)
var (
gitCommit = "" // Git SHA1 commit hash of the release (set via linker flags)
app *cli.App // the main app instance
)
var ( // Commonly used command line flags.
passphraseFlag = cli.StringFlag{
Name: "passwordfile",
Usage: "the file that contains the passphrase for the keyfile",
}
jsonFlag = cli.BoolFlag{
Name: "json",
Usage: "output JSON instead of human-readable format",
}
messageFlag = cli.StringFlag{
Name: "message",
Usage: "the file that contains the message to sign/verify",
}
)
// Configure the app instance.
func init() {
app = utils.NewApp(gitCommit, "an Ethereum key manager")
app.Commands = []cli.Command{
commandGenerate,
commandInspect,
commandSignMessage,
commandVerifyMessage,
}
}
func main() {
if err := app.Run(os.Args); err != nil {
fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, err)
os.Exit(1)
}
}