How do I export a single private key from the command line in OSX?

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31-07-2022
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Question

I need to export one private key (identity) from my OSX Keychain from the command line. Using security, I can only figure out how to export all private keys (identities) as a single pkcs12 (p12) file. How do I export a specific one?

Solution

https://github.com/torsten/keychain_access works, but it doesn't support filtering by type. I submitted a pull request for this functionality. Until it is accepted, you can try my fork.

./keychain_access -p password_for_exported_private_key "Name of private key"

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