show: allow passing prefix to clip

2 files changed, 14 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/man/pass.1 b/man/pass.1
index 33b6036..48d272a 100644
--- a/man/pass.1
+++ b/man/pass.1
@@ -86,12 +86,13 @@ List names of passwords inside the tree that match \fIpass-names\fP by using the
 .BR tree (1)
 program. This command is alternatively named \fBsearch\fP.
 .TP
-\fBshow\fP [ \fI--clip\fP[=\fIline-number\fP], \fI-c\fP[\fIline-number\fP] ] \fIpass-name\fP
+\fBshow\fP [ \fI--clip\fP[=\fIline\fP], \fI-c\fP[\fIline\fP] ] \fIpass-name\fP
 Decrypt and print a password named \fIpass-name\fP. If \fI--clip\fP or \fI-c\fP
-is specified, do not print the password but instead copy the first (or otherwise specified)
-line to the clipboard using
+is specified, do not print the password but instead copy a line to the clipboard using
 .BR xclip (1)
-and then restore the clipboard after 45 (or \fIPASSWORD_STORE_CLIP_TIME\fP) seconds.
+and then restore the clipboard after 45 (or \fIPASSWORD_STORE_CLIP_TIME\fP) seconds. If
+\fIline\fP is a number, the \fIline\fP-th line is copied; otherwise the line starting with
+\fIline\fP is copied.
 .TP
 \fBinsert\fP [ \fI--echo\fP, \fI-e\fP | \fI--multiline\fP, \fI-m\fP ] [ \fI--force\fP, \fI-f\fP ] \fIpass-name\fP
 Insert a new password into the password store called \fIpass-name\fP. This will
diff --git a/src/password-store.sh b/src/password-store.sh
index a6b3400..7e9fcb0 100755
--- a/src/password-store.sh
+++ b/src/password-store.sh
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ cmd_usage() {
 	        List passwords.
 	    $PROGRAM find pass-names...
 	    	List passwords that match pass-names.
-	    $PROGRAM [show] [--clip[=line-number],-c[line-number]] pass-name
+	    $PROGRAM [show] [--clip[=line],-c[line]] pass-name
 	        Show existing password and optionally put it on the clipboard.
 	        If put on the clipboard, it will be cleared in $CLIP_TIME seconds.
 	    $PROGRAM grep search-string
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ cmd_show() {
 		--) shift; break ;;
 	esac done
 
-	[[ $err -ne 0 ]] && die "Usage: $PROGRAM $COMMAND [--clip[=line-number],-c[line-number]] [pass-name]"
+	[[ $err -ne 0 ]] && die "Usage: $PROGRAM $COMMAND [--clip[=line],-c[line]] [pass-name]"
 
 	local path="$1"
 	local passfile="$PREFIX/$path.gpg"
@@ -313,9 +313,13 @@ cmd_show() {
 		if [[ $clip -eq 0 ]]; then
 			$GPG -d "${GPG_OPTS[@]}" "$passfile" || exit $?
 		else
-			[[ $clip_location =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]] || die "Clip location '$clip_location' is not a number."
-			local pass="$($GPG -d "${GPG_OPTS[@]}" "$passfile" | tail -n +${clip_location} | head -n 1)"
-			[[ -n $pass ]] || die "There is no password to put on the clipboard at line ${clip_location}."
+			local pass
+			if [[ $clip_location =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]]; then
+				pass="$($GPG -d "${GPG_OPTS[@]}" "$passfile" | tail -n +${clip_location} | head -n 1)"
+			else
+				pass="$($GPG -d "${GPG_OPTS[@]}" "$passfile" | grep -m 1 "^${clip_location}")"
+			fi
+			[[ -n $pass ]] || die "There is no password to put on the clipboard at line '${clip_location}'."
 			clip "$pass" "$path"
 		fi
 	elif [[ -d $PREFIX/$path ]]; then