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<refentry id="secret-tool">
<refentryinfo>
<title>secret-tool</title>
<productname>XDG</productname>
<authorgroup>
<author>
<contrib>Maintainer</contrib>
<firstname>Stef</firstname>
<surname>Walter</surname>
<email>stefw@gnome.org</email>
</author>
</authorgroup>
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>secret-tool</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
<refmiscinfo class="manual">User Commands</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>secret-tool</refname>
<refpurpose>Store and retrieve passwords</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>secret-tool store <arg choice="plain">--label='Label'</arg> <arg choice="req">attribute</arg> <arg choice="req">value</arg> ...</command>
</cmdsynopsis>
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>secret-tool lookup <arg choice="req">attribute</arg> <arg choice="req">value</arg> ...</command>
</cmdsynopsis>
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>secret-tool clear <arg choice="req">attribute</arg> <arg choice="req">value</arg> ...</command>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para><command>secret-tool</command> is a command line tool that
can be used to store and retrieve passwords.</para>
<para>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.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Store</title>
<para>To store a password run <command>secret-tool</command>
with the <arg choice="plain">store</arg> argument. You must
also specify a label for the passward with the
<arg choice="plain">--label</arg> argument. This label will be
displayed in the password manager.</para>
<para>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.</para>
<para>If invoked from a terminal or tty, then the password to store
will be prompted for and only one line will be accepted.</para>
<para>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.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Lookup</title>
<para>To lookup a password run <command>secret-tool</command>
with the <arg choice="plain">lookup</arg> argument. Specify the
same same attribute names and value pairs that you passed when
storing the password.</para>
<para>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.</para>
<para>When printing the password to a terminal or tty, an extra
newline will be added after the password.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Clear</title>
<para>To remove a password run <command>secret-tool</command>
with the <arg choice="plain">clear</arg> argument. Specify the
same attirbute name and value pairs that you passed when
storing the password.</para>
<para>All unlocked items that match the attributes will be
removed.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Exit status</title>
<para>On success 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code otherwise.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Examples</title>
<example>
<title>Storing, retrieving, and clearing a password</title>
<programlisting>
$ secret-tool store --label='My password' key1 value1 key2 value2
Password: My password
</programlisting>
<programlisting>
$ secret-tool lookup key1 value1 key2 value2
My password
</programlisting>
<programlisting>
$ secret-tool clear key1 value1 key2 value2
</programlisting>
</example>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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