Convert key and certificate

Question

I am using Mac OS X. I have the following files

• key.rtf
• cert.rtf

These files are PEM encoded and contain the key and the certificate in text form (-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY----- and -----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----).

How can I:

1. decrypt the private key with the passphrase I used to encrypt it and get it back in text form?
2. get both files in PEM format as text (!) back?

The PEM encoding makes problems - if the files are stored as .key, .cert or anything like this, it works properly. But I need the text.

Thanks!

Answer 1

It is possible with this command: openssl rsa -in cert.pem -out server.key (I converted the files to a cert.pem file before).