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…e ignored

... and therefore all options must be given before the final file/URI arg.

This is essentially a backport of the doc portion of #20156 to 3.0 and 3.1,
where the missing error checking/reporting likely will not be added.

Reviewed-by: Paul Dale <pauli@openssl.org>
Reviewed-by: Tomas Mraz <tomas@openssl.org>
(Merged from #20179)
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DDvO authored and t8m committed Feb 2, 2023
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cipher before outputting it. A pass phrase is prompted for.
If none of these options is specified no encryption is used.

Note that all options must be given before the I<paramfile> argument.
Otherwise they are ignored.

=item B<-verbose>

Print extra details about the operations being performed.
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7 changes: 5 additions & 2 deletions doc/man1/openssl-storeutl.pod.in
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[B<-fingerprint> I<arg>]
[B<-I<digest>>]
{- $OpenSSL::safe::opt_engine_synopsis -}{- $OpenSSL::safe::opt_provider_synopsis -}
I<uri> ...
I<uri>

=head1 DESCRIPTION

This command can be used to display the contents (after
decryption as the case may be) fetched from the given URIs.
decryption as the case may be) fetched from the given URI.

=head1 OPTIONS

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However, if this URI would return a set of names (URIs), those are always
returned.

Note that all options must be given before the I<uri> argument.
Otherwise they are ignored.

=item B<-subject> I<arg>

Search for an object having the subject name I<arg>.
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