pw 0.3.3 (beta)

Grep GPG-encrypted YAML password safe.

Usage

usage: pw [-h] [-D DB] [-E] [-S] [-v] [[user@]path]

Grep GPG-encrypted YAML password database.

positional arguments:
  [user@]path           user and path to query for

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -D DB, --database DB  path to password database
  -E, --echo            echo passwords on console (as opposed to copying them
                        to the clipboard)
  -S, --strict          fail unless precisely a single result has been found
  -v, --version         show program's version number and exit

Installation

To install pw, simply run:

pip install pw

Password database

By default, the password database is located at ~/.passwords.yaml.asc. It uses a straighforward YAML format as in the following example, which is hopefully self-explanatory:

.. code:: yaml

  Mail:
    Google:
      - U: first-user@gmail.com
        P: "*****"
      - U: second-user@gmail.com
        P: "*****"
        N: "John's account"
  SSH:
    My Private Server:
      U: root
      P: "*****"
      L: ssh://private-server
      N: "With great power comes great responsibility."

  Mobile:
    PIN: 12345   # shortcut notation (only provide password)