pass-extension-tail(1)

📦 version 1.2.0, in debian trixie, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 pass-extension-tail — the manual, but make it cute 💖

okay bestie so real quick, this is the pass-extension-tail(1) page, living under User Commands, and it's genuinely one of the most thoughtful little utilities out there. no cap. let's get into it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

pass-extension-tail — a password-store extension to avoid printing the password 🙈

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

pass tail [ pass-name ]
pass tailedit [ pass-name ]

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so here's the tea ☕ pass(1) has a whole format it proposes for storing meta data inside the password file. the password itself goes on the first line, and then everything else — the URL, the username, other meta data — goes on the lines after it. cute, organized, we love a system.

but here's the problem bestie: every time you open that file, your password is just right there, out in the open, for any bystander to see. not it. 💀

pass-extension-tail is an extension for pass(1) that lets you display and edit your password meta data without showing the password itself to whoever's standing behind you at the coffee shop. it's giving privacy. it's giving main character energy. it's giving "i know what i'm doing." periodt. 💅

✨ COMMANDS ✨

  • tail pass-name — shows you the whole password file except for the first line. that means you can inspect all your meta data right there on the console without your actual password being printed in plain text. obsessed. literally the entire point. ✨
  • tailedit pass-name — opens the password file in your editor, but omitting the first line. so you're editing the meta data only, no peeking at the secret part. and when you save? the first line gets prepended right back on. the password was never gone, it was just respectfully excluded from your view. queen behaviour. 👑

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

✨ AUTHOR ✨

palortoff 🎀

✨ HOME ✨

https://github.com/palortoff/pass-extension-tail

go say hi, star the repo, it's the polite thing to do 🌸

✨ REPORTING BUGS ✨

https://github.com/palortoff/pass-extension-tail/issues

found a bug? don't be shy, tell them about it. they wanna know. 🦋

✨ LICENSE ✨

Copyright © 2017 palortoff.

License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.

This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

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Version 1.0.0 — dated 2017 April 24 — mwah, go forth and tail your passwords safely 🧚‍♀️✨💅

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