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secret-tool — Store and retrieve passwords, part of the `libsecret` package. Communicates with Freedesktop secret

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Problem

How to use the secret-tool command: Store and retrieve passwords, part of the libsecret package. Communicates with Freedesktop secret service implementations such as gnome-keyring. More information: <https://gnome.pages.gitlab.gnome.org/libsecret/>.

Solution

secret-tool — Store and retrieve passwords, part of the libsecret package. Communicates with Freedesktop secret service implementations such as gnome-keyring. More information: <https://gnome.pages.gitlab.gnome.org/libsecret/>.

Store a secret with an optional label:

secret-tool store --label={{label}} {{key}} {{value}}

Retrieve a secret:

secret-tool lookup key {{key}}

Get more information about a secret:

secret-tool search key {{key}}

Delete a stored secret:

secret-tool clear key {{key}}

Code Snippets

Store a secret with an optional label

secret-tool store --label={{label}} {{key}} {{value}}

Retrieve a secret

secret-tool lookup key {{key}}

Get more information about a secret

secret-tool search key {{key}}

Delete a stored secret

secret-tool clear key {{key}}

Context

tldr-pages: linux/secret-tool

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