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Problem

How to use the op command: Official CLI for 1Password's desktop app. More information: <https://developer.1password.com/docs/cli/reference/>.

Solution

op — Official CLI for 1Password's desktop app. More information: <https://developer.1password.com/docs/cli/reference/>.

Sign in to a 1Password account:

op signin

List all vaults:

op vault list

Print item details in JSON format:

op item get {{item_name}} --format json

Create a new item with a category in the default vault:

op item create --category {{category_name}}

Print a referenced secret to stdout:

op read {{secret_reference}}

Pass secret references from exported environment variables to a command:

op run -- {{command}}

Pass secret references from an environment file to a command:

op run --env-file {{path/to/env_file.env}} -- {{command}}

Read secret references from a file and save plaintext secrets to a file:

op inject --in-file {{path/to/input_file}} --out-file {{path/to/output_file}}

Code Snippets

op signin

List all vaults

op vault list

Print item details in JSON format

op item get {{item_name}} --format json

Create a new item with a category in the default vault

op item create --category {{category_name}}

Print a referenced secret to `stdout`

op read {{secret_reference}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/op

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