Java keytool list keystore grep alias and validity

When you’re managing multiple keystores and need to quickly check if any certs are expired, running keytool -list and piping to grep is much faster than opening each one individually. I run this in monitoring scripts to catch expiring certs before they cause outages.

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How to use grep to find alias and validity of keystore certificate

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• Command

$ keytool -list -v -keystore /usr/java/jdk1.7.0_65/jre/lib/security/cacerts -storepass changeit | grep "Alias name\|Valid from:"

• Command to list keystore of type p12

$ keytool -list -v -keystore custom.p12 -storetype pkcs12 -storepass changeit  | grep "Alias name\|Valid from:"