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Since the PKCS12 format is a binary format, it is difficult to see the contents of the file. You can output the PKCS12 in PEM format and see information about the file with the following openssl command:

        > openssl pkcs12 -info -nodes -in cred.p12
        Enter Import Password:
        MAC Iteration 2048
        MAC verified OK
        PKCS7 Encrypted data: pbeWithSHA1And40BitRC2-CBC, Iteration 2048
        Certificate bag
        Bag Attributes
            localKeyID: 9B 8A 85 AF 89 9D EB B0 73 3A F8 F1 D3 F7 88 09 22 47 7C E3 
        subject=/C=US/ST=Illinois/L=Urbana/O=NCSA/CN=Terry Fleury/emailAddress=tfleury@ncsa.uiuc.edu
        issuer=/C=US/ST=Illinois/L=Urbana/O=NCSA/CN=Terry Fleury/emailAddress=tfleury@ncsa.uiuc.edu
        -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
        MIID1zCCA0CgAwIBAgIJAPznkOa+zeeLMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBBQUAMIGkMQswCQYD
        VQQGEwJVUzERMA8GA1UECBMISWxsaW5vaXMxDzANBgNVBAcTBlVyYmFuYTENMAsG
        A1UEChMETkNTQTEjMCEGA1UECxMaU2VjdXJpdHkgUmVzZWFyY2ggRGl2aXNpb24x
        GjAYBgNVBAMTEXd3dy5uY3NhLnVpdWMuZWR1MSEwHwYJKoZIhvcNAQkBFhJyb290
        QG5jYXMudWl1Yy5lZHUwHhcNMDYwMzAxMTkzMDMxWhcNMDcwMzAxMTkzMDMxWjCB
        pDELMAkGA1UEBhMCVVMxETAPBgNVBAgTCElsbGlub2lzMQ8wDQYDVQQHEwZVcmJh
        bmExDTALBgNVBAoTBE5DU0ExIzAhBgNVBAsTGlNlY3VyaXR5IFJlc2VhcmNoIERp
        dmlzaW9uMRowGAYDVQQDExF3d3cubmNzYS51aXVjLmVkdTEhMB8GCSqGSIb3DQEJ
        ARYScm9vdEBuY2FzLnVpdWMuZWR1MIGfMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUAA4GNADCBiQKB
        gQCy8/9Afil4C+wvFdm2p7w6sQsZolXJQ1J07VDySCoguXCi6sCR/AyJEr9E6jP3
        50FsgFoMn4d0qhkBb6JwczJtJRPphZIvXTi0rrOzZpe0yTF17NWcc5XXn9M8MbR2
        jS97pjJ2AyclvOgGN/nYIdEpBfGKJ0cLQr50rBEAu+GScQIDAQABo4IBDTCCAQkw
        HQYDVR0OBBYEFA9U2p42HR64xIK3uK9TqsuBYkorMIHZBgNVHSMEgdEwgc6AFA9U
        2p42HR64xIK3uK9TqsuBYkoroYGqpIGnMIGkMQswCQYDVQQGEwJVUzERMA8GA1UE
        CBMISWxsaW5vaXMxDzANBgNVBAcTBlVyYmFuYTENMAsGA1UEChMETkNTQTEjMCEG
        A1UECxMaU2VjdXJpdHkgUmVzZWFyY2ggRGl2aXNpb24xGjAYBgNVBAMTEXd3dy5u
        Y3NhLnVpdWMuZWR1MSEwHwYJKoZIhvcNAQkBFhJyb290QG5jYXMudWl1Yy5lZHWC
        CQD855Dmvs3nizAMBgNVHRMEBTADAQH/MA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBBQUAA4GBAAfq52g4
        oMVFtzp52pMZevxov9HyJNpuWHOP7y7WHmuYzigDy5vOqJgPki3w3hkdprIKKIb5
        7UPwfEZxrW4WwklWllcYV2/00ytZ9tf5GreGhM+AGKOZzv+fDQBtzLr4T4TOjpQO
        HtceiR1JeNNVHL+Y53cXbP6qKh0TYn8xVQH3
        -----END CERTIFICATE-----
        PKCS7 Data
        Shrouded Keybag: pbeWithSHA1And3-KeyTripleDES-CBC, Iteration 2048
        Bag Attributes
            localKeyID: 9B 8A 85 AF 89 9D EB B0 73 3A F8 F1 D3 F7 88 09 22 47 7C E3 
        Key Attributes: <No Attributes>
        -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
        MIICXAIBAAKBgQCy8/9Afil4C+wvFdm2p7w6sQsZolXJQ1J07VDySCoguXCi6sCR
        /AyJEr9E6jP350FsgFoMn4d0qhkBb6JwczJtJRPphZIvXTi0rrOzZpe0yTF17NWc
        c5XXn9M8MbR2jS97pjJ2AyclvOgGN/nYIdEpBfGKJ0cLQr50rBEAu+GScQIDAQAB
        AoGATW7y9i8hNobCLiWgTT8LXcIZ8X+i6zGsTlgZ/JxpTjuvl29I4GJV8kIgbWuC
        DTUNxCtNy8SD0mF/7HUnrszJ9mKM52mrmKDLDNzvKY5J8Vl+u+7oNp7f8MViAIUK
        DvmUEG2RsA7boELYza6jrHRwEgB2Sk03ArW4M5jrS+/xYKECQQDoCOg7u1HcIj0t
        eugQmQABfR86N81dE48bILNQlhDjbHlyedmMOmDBMqFEE2ayfb3EtHUoaZ81YHcE
        5aDDY8B1AkEAxW+Wy65LE2OnjIYjDSqHUrCpHxa6BrAS2OqYj0VSw1Fs5D4YHg/J
        Ku41T5tOkeVsuwQcrGDhWR3+E4I2CTwKjQJARxjbl9nYxlvTZQkg7F0FLG+bTupk
        SZ3Bnq1RZGLm/9hwCgyeBSKqHOiXk1VihVST/h7ROzXJ68AIF/8IWHZLNQJAfCns
        PJWU81GlqhMlcf8/8TnWcg252cDbaX1Hijp/jQPlJjkCs80bpxr9fd3e8JPG6Gny
        mlmm/oOFKMGnt/EBdQJBAJDVOMCPGolE06faCy6qpX6dYSVz1thc/Prvlss9CQAC
        GjxDIISsFw71r2h7XdV70oFeJ/r3uhXxbHRim9tFqsI=
        -----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----

Here's an explanation of the command line options:

• -info - view all information of the file, including file structure, algorithms used, and interation counts.
• -nodes - do not prompt for an encryption password when outputting the private key.
• -in cred.p12 - read in the PKCS12 formatted certificate from the file cred.p12.