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pass — Store and read passwords or other sensitive data. All data is GPG-encrypted, and managed with a Git

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Problem

How to use the pass command: Store and read passwords or other sensitive data. All data is GPG-encrypted, and managed with a Git repository. More information: <https://git.zx2c4.com/password-store/about/>.

Solution

pass — Store and read passwords or other sensitive data. All data is GPG-encrypted, and managed with a Git repository. More information: <https://git.zx2c4.com/password-store/about/>.

Initialize (or re-encrypt) the storage using one or more GPG IDs:

pass init {{gpg_id_1 gpg_id_2 ...}}

Save a new password and additional information (press <Ctrl d> on a new line to complete):

pass insert {{[-m|--multiline]}} {{path/to/data}}

Edit an entry:

pass edit {{path/to/data}}

Copy a password (first line of the data file) to the clipboard:

pass {{[-c|--clip]}} {{path/to/data}}

List the whole store tree:

pass

Generate a new random password with a given length, and copy it to the clipboard:

pass generate {{[-c|--clip]}} {{path/to/data}} {{num}}

Initialize a new Git repository (any changes done by pass will be committed automatically):

pass git init

Run a Git command on behalf of the password storage:

pass git {{command}}

Code Snippets

Initialize (or re-encrypt) the storage using one or more GPG IDs

pass init {{gpg_id_1 gpg_id_2 ...}}

Save a new password and additional information (press `<Ctrl d>` on a new line to complete)

pass insert {{[-m|--multiline]}} {{path/to/data}}

Edit an entry

pass edit {{path/to/data}}

Copy a password (first line of the data file) to the clipboard

pass {{[-c|--clip]}} {{path/to/data}}

List the whole store tree

pass

Context

tldr-pages: common/pass

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