Passextract
An extension to the pass password manager. Pass works very well and covers
about 95% of my needs. Its -c
option allows passwords to be easily copied to
the clipboard. Unfortunately, email addresses and usernames cannot be so easily
copied.
Passextract provides a UI similar to urlview that enables these additional fields to be copied to the system clipboard. Three fields are recognised: emails, usernames, and passwords. They are defined as follows:
This text is ignored
e: email@example.com
u: username
p: secret-password
In order to be recognised by Passextract, those fields must be prefixed by “e: ”, “u: ”, or “p: ” as illustrated above.
Demo
Usage
Passextract can be invoked on its own or with the piped output of pass show
:
$ pass show github.com | passextract
# or
$ passextract github.com
The included Bash completion file provides the same tab completion options as
pass show
.
In the interactive UI, the following commands are available:
q or Ctrl-C: Quit and clear the clipboard
j: Move the selection down
k: Move the selection up
g: Move the selection to the top
G: Move the selection to the bottom
Enter: Copy the currently selected line
Install
On Mac OS X, Passextract can be installed from Homebrew:
$ brew install teddywing/formulae/passextract
To compile from source or install on other platforms, you'll need the Rust compiler.
-
Install with
cargo
:$ cargo install --git https://github.com/teddywing/passextract.git --root /usr/local
-
Download and source the Bash completion file in your Bash profile:
source ~/path/to/passextract.bash-completion
Uninstall
$ cargo uninstall --root /usr/local passextract
License
Copyright © 2016, 2018, 2022 Teddy Wing. Licensed under the GNU GPLv3+ (see the included COPYING file).