SECRET-TOOL(1) User Commands SECRET-TOOL(1)

NAME

secret-tool - Store and retrieve passwords

SYNOPSIS

secret-tool store --label='Label' {attribute} {value} ...

secret-tool lookup {attribute} {value} ...

secret-tool clear {attribute} {value} ...

secret-tool search [--all]{attribute} {value} ...

DESCRIPTION

secret-tool is a command line tool that can be used to store and
retrieve passwords.

Each password is stored in an item. Items are uniquely identified by
a set of attribute keys and values. When storing a password you must
specify unique pairs of attributes names and values, and when looking
up a password you provide the same attribute name and value pairs.

STORE

To store a password run secret-tool with the store argument. You must
also specify a label for the password with the --label argument. This
label will be displayed in the password manager.

Make sure to pass a unique set of attributes names and values when
storing a password. If the attributes match an already existing item,
it will be updated instead of creating a new item.

If invoked from a terminal or tty, then the password to store will be
prompted for and only one line will be accepted.

A password to store can also be piped in via stdin. The password will
be the contents of stdin until EOF. If you provide a newline via
stdin it will be stored as part of the password.

LOOKUP

To lookup a password run secret-tool with the lookup argument.
Specify the same same attribute names and value pairs that you passed
when storing the password.

If multiple items match the attribute provided, then the first
password that is already unlocked will be returned. If necessary an
item will be unlocked.

When printing the password to a terminal or tty, an extra newline
will be added after the password.

CLEAR

To remove a password run secret-tool with the clear argument. Specify
the same attribute name and value pairs that you passed when storing
the password.

All unlocked items that match the attributes will be removed.

SEARCH

This command searches for and prints details on matching items in
secret service. Specify the same attribute and value pairs that you
passed in when storing the password. You can use the following
options:

--all
Return all matching results, rather than just the one of the
matches. Without this option, the first unlocked match returned
from the service will be printed.

--unlock
Unlock items that are locked and then print out their details.
Without this option, locked items are skipped.

EXIT STATUS

On success 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code otherwise.

EXAMPLES

Example 1. Storing, retrieving, and clearing a password

$ secret-tool store --label='My password' key1 value1 key2 value2
Password: hunter2

$ secret-tool lookup key1 value1 key2 value2
hunter2

$ secret-tool clear key1 value1 key2 value2

BUGS

The bug tracker can be reached by visiting the website
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libsecret/issues. Before sending a bug
report, please verify that you have the latest version of
secret-tool. Many bugs (major and minor) are fixed at each release,
and if yours is out of date, the problem may already have been
solved.

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