How do I dump/display/print a certificate in a meaningful way?

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Date: 2010mar9 Q. How do I dump/display/print a certificate in a meaningful way? A. This command will do the trick:

openssl x509 -in MYCERT.CERT -noout -text

Where MYCERT.CERT is the file containing your certificate.