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To export certificate from the internal key database the command:
EXPORT [--data [--armor] [--base64]] [--] pattern
is used. To allow multiple patterns (which are ORed) quoting is required: Spaces are to be translated into "+" or into "%20"; in turn this requires that the usual escape quoting rules are done.
If the --data option has not been given, the format of the
output depends on what was set with the OUTPUT command. When using
PEM encoding a few informational lines are prepended.
If the --data has been given, a target set via OUTPUT is
ignored and the data is returned inline using standard
D-lines. This avoids the need for an extra file descriptor. In
this case the options --armor and --base64 may be used
in the same way as with the OUTPUT command.