lesspass/cli/README.md

LessPass command-line interface (CLI)

Install

python3 -m pip install --user lesspass

Usage

lesspass SITE [LOGIN] [MASTER_PASSWORD] [OPTIONS]

Arguments:

SITE                site used in the password generation (required)
LOGIN               login used in the password generation
                    default to '' if not provided
MASTER_PASSWORD     master password used in password generation
                    default to LESSPASS_MASTER_PASSWORD env variable or prompt

Options:

-l, --lowercase      add lowercase in password
-u, --uppercase      add uppercase in password
-d, --digits         add digits in password
-s, --symbols        add symbols in password
-L, --length         int (default 16, max 35)
-C, --counter        int (default 1)
-p, --prompt         interactively prompt SITE and LOGIN (prevent leak to shell history)
--no-fingerprint     hide visual fingerprint of the master password when you type
--no-lowercase       remove lowercase from password
--no-uppercase       remove uppercase from password
--no-digits          remove digits from password
--no-symbols         remove symbols from password
--exclude            remove chars from password
-c, --clipboard      copy generated password to clipboard rather than displaying it.
                     Need pbcopy (OSX), xsel or xclip (Linux) or clip (Windows).
-v, --version        lesspass version number

Examples

no symbols

lesspass site login masterpassword --no-symbols

no symbols shortcut

lesspass site login masterpassword -lud

only digits and length of 8

lesspass site login masterpassword -d -L8

master password in env variable

LESSPASS_MASTER_PASSWORD="masterpassword" lesspass site login

License

This project is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPLv3.