PWMAN3(1)

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version 0.13.1 · 2 versions
, in debian trixie, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 PWMAN3 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because this is the manual page for pwman3 — a whole command line password manager — and it's genuinely iconic. it lives in section 1 of the manual, so when you're lost in man pages, that's where you'll find her. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

pwman3 — command line password manager. that's it, that's the whole vibe. your secrets, but make them terminal-core. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

pwman3 [OPTIONS]

pwman3 --help

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so the whole point of Pwman3 is to give you a simple but powerful command line interface for password management. no cap.

the way it works: it lets you store your passwords in a SQLite database, and that database is locked behind a master password. and because one layer of slay isn't enough, that master password can be encrypted with a bunch of different algorithms — like AES, Blowfish, DES3, IDEA, etc. pick your fighter. 🔥

👑 OPTIONS 👑

  • -h, --help — show the help message and dip. that's it, that's the whole job. ✨
  • -c FILE, --config FILE — read your configuration from FILE instead of the default ~/.pwman3/config. yes bestie, you can have a custom config, live your truth. 🎀
  • -d DATABASE, --database DATABASE — when you're using the default SQLite backend, this is the DATABASE file path it uses to read and store your passwords. 🗂️
  • -e ALGO, --encryption=ALGO — use ALGO to encrypt your data. the possible values are: AES, ARC2, ARC4, Blowfish, CAST, DES, DES3, IDEA, RC5. and the default encryption algorithm is AES. she's the main character for a reason. 👑
  • -k, --convert — convert an old DB format to version >= 0.4. the database that gets converted is the one found in the config file, or the one you handed over as a command line argument. glow-up time. 🦋
  • -O, --output OUTPUT — use OUTPUT as the file path for the newly created database after converting. fresh new DB, who dis. ✨
fr fr, if you're converting, pay attention to which database is being read and where the new one lands — the -k and -O girlies work together. 💖

🫶 AUTHORS 🫶

Pwman3 was originally written by Ivan Kelly <ivan@ivankelly.net>. and now it's maintained by Oz Nahum <nahumoz@gmail.com>. legends only, we love to see it. 😭💜

and that's the whole page, bestie — this was PWMAN3(1) from the PWMAN3(1) manual, so if you ever forget, just run man pwman3 and she'll be right there waiting for you. go forth and manage those passwords securely. periodt. 💅🌈⭐

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