age-keygen

age-keygen -o key.txt

mkdir -p ~/.config/age && age-keygen -o ~/.config/age/keys.txt && chmod 600 ~/.config/age/keys.txt

age-keygen     # printed to screen not stored to file
# created: 2026-07-29T15:32:02+02:00
# public key: age1zy8r4sgsufm2gckldlwxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
AGE-SECRET-KEY-1W0F7QCY6xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

file ~/.config/age/keys.txt
~/.config/age/keys.txt: ASCII text

Related

• ssh-keygen -f

See also

• sops -e, sops --age, .sops.yaml
• age, Age encryption, age-keygen, age -e, age -R, age --armor, age --help, ~/.config/age