NAME

heimlich — heimlich file format

DESCRIPTION

This manual covers the unencrypted file format used by heimlich(1). Such file must be encrypted using scrypt(1).

Comments can be put anywhere in the file using a hash mark (‘#’) and extend to the end of the current line.

Each entry consists of a single line consisting of one or many columns, separated by whitespace. By convention, a three column layout is often used where the columns denote a free form identifier followed by a username and password.

FILES

~/.heimlich/$USER.enc

The default encrypted file containing secrets.

EXAMPLES

The following example shows how to encrypt a file compatible with heimlich(1):

$ cd ~/.heimlich
$ cat $USER
# domain	username		password
example.com	user@example.com	secret
$ scrypt enc $USER $USER.enc
$ rm -P $USER

By default, heimlich(1) will extract the third column from the file encrypted above:

$ heimlich example
secret

SEE ALSO

heimlich(1), scrypt(1)

AUTHORS

Anton Lindqvist <anton@basename.se>