NAME

heimlich — secrets manager

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

The heimlich utility retrieves secrets which are are stored in an encrypted file, see heimlich(5). A secret is retrieved and written to stdout by decrypting the file located at path using the entered passphrase and selecting column on the first line that matches pattern.

The options are as follows:

-a

Output all columns.

-R

By default, the passphrase is asked for again in case the previous one is wrong. This option sets the maximum number of attempts to one, causing heimlich to exit non-zero if the wrong passphrase is supplied.

-c column

Specify the column to select from the line matching pattern. By default, the third column is selected.

-f path

Path to encrypted file containing secrets.

pattern

Pattern expressed as a basic regular expression used to find the matching line, see re_format(7).

FILES

~/.heimlich/$USER.enc

The default encrypted file containing secrets.

DIAGNOSTICS

The heimlich utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

SEE ALSO

heimlich-file(1), heimlich(5), re_format(7)

AUTHORS

Anton Lindqvist <anton@basename.se>