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@@ -77,6 +77,15 @@ disable keyboard echo when the password is entered and confirm the password by a 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 +\fBedit\fP \fIpass-name\fP +Insert a new password or edit an existing password using the default text editor specified +by the environment variable \fBEDITOR\fP or using +.BR vi (1) +as a fallback. This mode makes use of temporary files for editing, but care is taken to +ensure that temporary files are created in \fB/dev/shm\fP in order to avoid writing to +difficult-to-erase disk sectors. If \fB/dev/shm\fP is not accessible, fallback to +the ordinary \fBTMPDIR\fP location, and print a warning. +.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 .BR pwgen (1) |