passmenu: type text with xdotool

Suggested-by: Christoph Egger <christoph@christoph-egger.org>

2 files changed, 17 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/contrib/dmenu/README.md b/contrib/dmenu/README.md
index 8160b3c..9d54fb4 100644
--- a/contrib/dmenu/README.md
+++ b/contrib/dmenu/README.md
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 `passmenu` is a [dmenu][]-based interface to [pass][], the standard Unix
 password manager. This design allows you to quickly copy a password to the
 clipboard without having to open up a terminal window if you don't already have
-one open.
+one open. If `--type` is specified, the password is typed using [xdotool][]
+instead of copied to the clipboard.
 
 # Usage
 
-    passmenu [dmenu arguments...]
+    passmenu [--type] [dmenu arguments...]
 
 [dmenu]: http://tools.suckless.org/dmenu/
+[xdotool]: http://www.semicomplete.com/projects/xdotool/
 [pass]: http://www.zx2c4.com/projects/password-store/
diff --git a/contrib/dmenu/passmenu b/contrib/dmenu/passmenu
index 8ecb41f..a0da173 100755
--- a/contrib/dmenu/passmenu
+++ b/contrib/dmenu/passmenu
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 
 shopt -s nullglob globstar
 
+typeit=0
+if [[ $1 == "--type" ]]; then
+	typeit=1
+	shift
+fi
+
 prefix=${PASSWORD_STORE_DIR-~/.password-store}
 password_files=( "$prefix"/**/*.gpg )
 password_files=( "${password_files[@]#"$prefix"/}" )
@@ -9,4 +15,10 @@ password_files=( "${password_files[@]%.gpg}" )
 
 password=$(printf '%s\n' "${password_files[@]}" | dmenu "$@")
 
-[[ -n $password ]] && pass show -c "$password" 2>/dev/null
+[[ -n $password ]] || exit
+
+if [[ $typeit -eq 0 ]]; then
+	pass show -c "$password" 2>/dev/null
+else
+	xdotool - <<<"type --clearmodifiers -- $(pass show "$password" | head -n 1)"
+fi