pass-file(1)

πŸ“¦ version 1.0.0, in nixos 26.05, nixpkgs unstable

πŸŽ€ pass-file β€” bestie's guide to yeeting files into your password store πŸŽ€

okay so real talk: this is pass-file(1), straight out of the General Commands Manual, and it's the little pass(1) extension that lets you plop whole files into your passwordstore and grab 'em back out again. it's giving "why didn't anyone tell me this existed" energy fr fr πŸ’–


✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

pass file [ COMMAND ] <FILENAME> pass-name

lowkey that's the whole vibe. a command, a filename, a pass-name. slay. 🫢


🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so pass file extends pass with a file command β€” and that command's entire personality is: add files to the passwordstore, and get files back out of the passwordstore, into your current location. that's it. that's the whole thing. iconic, honestly. ✨


πŸ’… COMMAND πŸ’…

  • add <filename> pass-name β€” drops your file into the password-store at the given pass-name. yes queen, store it. πŸ”₯
  • get pass-name β€” pulls the file out of the password-store and lands it right in your current location. main character retrieval energy. πŸ‘‘

πŸ¦‹ EXAMPLES πŸ¦‹

πŸ’œ save a private.pfx file

zx2c4@laptop ~ $ pass file add private.pfx Site/username

🌈 get the file back to your current location

zx2c4@laptop ~ $ pass file get Site/username/private.pfx

not me literally copying these verbatim because yes, they work exactly like that πŸ“


🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

pass(1), pass-update(1), pass-tomb(1), pass-import(1), pass-otp(1)

the whole friend group!! go say hi πŸ’«


πŸ‘‘ AUTHORS πŸ‘‘

pass file was written by Dimitrij Vogt. thank u for your service king πŸ«‘πŸ’–


🌸 COPYING 🌸

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

no cap, read the license, it's important πŸ’€


anyway that's the tea β˜• β€” pass-file in all its December 2017 glory, version pass-file, still serving looks in the manual. mwah πŸ’…βœ¨

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