Getting private keys of geth accounts

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Just the opposite of this question How to import a plain private key into geth or Mist? I would like to know how can I obtain the private keys of the accounts created with geth in this way:

$ geth --testnet account new

I've been looking for private key files on ~/.ethereum/keystore but there is only one file for coinbase account. No files for the rest of accounts created.

How can I obtain those missing files? Why are they missing? Thx!

I've already seen How can I import geth accounts into eth? but problem is in my system keystore files don't even exist for most of the geth accounts created, except coinbase.

score 11 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 16 '16 at 11:30

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For test net, the folder you are looking for is ~/.ethereum/testnet/keystore/.

answered Sep 16 '16 at 11:30

Xavier Leprêtre B9lab

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Thx! Absolutely right. – Juan Ignacio Pérez Sacristán Sep 16 '16 at 12:22
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in case you will use windows check %AppData%\Roaming\Ethereum\testnet\keystore – Badr Bellaj Sep 16 '16 at 21:39
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On Mac, it's ~/Library/Ethereum/testnet – Travis Reeder Jul 24 '17 at 04:57
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this answer is incorrect. JSON account file is not the private key. Private key is a 64 byte sequence encoded in HEX.To get this key you have to decrypt the JSON file first. – Nulik Oct 10 '18 at 18:56
@Nulik and how do you do that? – Andyc Dec 06 '21 at 14:43
Would something here be useful? https://ethereum.stackexchange.com/questions/37182/how-to-get-private-through-utc-files-in-keystore – Xavier Leprêtre B9lab Dec 09 '21 at 12:56

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