<p>They are located in the directory where you enter the command.
In the terminal, type in <code>pwd</code> and that will show you where your working on your system. Once you run the cardano-cli commands, type in <code>ls</code>  to view all folders and files in that directory.</p>

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<p>I am using the cardano-cli for creating the signing / verification keys.</p>
<pre><code>cardano-cli address key-gen --verification-key-file pay.vkey --signing-key-file pay.key
</code></pre>
<p>Does anybody know where these files are stored?</p>
<p>Thank you</p>

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Where are the private / public key files stored when creating them with cardano-cli?
# Where are the private / public key files stored when creating them with cardano-cli?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-06-30)

I am using the cardano-cli for creating the signing / verification keys.
cardano-cli address key-gen --verification-key-file pay.vkey --signing-key-file pay.key

Does anybody know where these files are stored?
Thank you

**Tags:** cardano-cli

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2021-06-30. Score: 4 | Accepted answer

They are located in the directory where you enter the command.
In the terminal, type in `pwd` and that will show you where your working on your system. Once you run the cardano-cli commands, type in `ls` to view all folders and files in that directory.


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