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authorJason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com>2012-09-04 20:19:02 +0200
committerJason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com>2012-09-04 20:19:02 +0200
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No echo mode.
Add a --no-echo flag to the insert operation so that the password isn't echoed when entering it. This requires the user to echo the password twice for confirmation. Reported-by: Dominic Lüchinger <d.luechinger@snowgarden.ch>
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@@ -70,11 +70,12 @@ using
.BR xclip (1)
and then restore the clipboard after 45 seconds.
.TP
-\fBinsert\fP [ \fI--multiline\fP, \fI-m\fP ] \fIpass-name\fP
+\fBinsert\fP [ \fI--no-echo\fP, \fI-n\fP | \fI--multiline\fP, \fI-m\fP ] \fIpass-name\fP
Insert a new password into the password store called \fIpass-name\fP. This will
-read the new password from standard in. If \fI--multiline\fP or \fI-m\fP is
-specified, lines will be read until EOF or Ctrl+D is reached. Otherwise, only
-a single line from standard in is read.
+read the new password from standard in. If \fI--no-echo\fP or \fI-n\fP is specified, do
+disable keyboard echo when the password is entered and confirm the password by asking
+for it twice. If \fI--multiline\fP or \fI-m\fP is specified, lines will be read until
+EOF or Ctrl+D is reached. Otherwise, only a single line from standard in is read.
.TP
\fBgenerate\fP [ \fI--no-symbols\fP, \fI-n\fP ] [ \fI--clip\fP, \fI-c\fP ] \fIpass-name pass-length\fP
Generate a new password using