NAME

ylva - command line password manager

SYNOPSIS

ylva [FLAGS] <OPTIONS>

DESCRIPTION

Ylva is a command line password manager program for Unix-like operating systems.

OPTIONS

-i, --init <path>: Initialize new database
-E, --encrypt: Encrypt current database
-D, --decrypt <path>: Decrypt database
-c, --copy <id>: Copy an entry to a new entry
-a, --add: Add new entry
-p, --show-db-path: Show current database path
-u, --use-db <path>: Switch using another database
-r, --remove <id>: Remove entry pointed by id
-f, --find <search>: Search for entries
-F, --regex <search>: Search for entries with regular expressions
-e, --edit <id>: Edit entry pointed by id
-l, --list-entry <id>: List entry pointed by id
-t, --show-latest [count]: Show latest entries, parameter count is optional.
-A, --list-all: Show database statuses
-v, --version: Show program version
-g, --gen-password <length>: Generate password
-q, --quick <search>: This is the same as running --show-passwords -f
-h, --help: Show short help and exit

FLAGS

--auto-encrypt: Automatically encrypt after exit
--show-passwords: Show passwords in listings
--show-qrcode: Show data as QR code in --list-entry
--force: --force only works with --init option

EXAMPLES

Create a new database:
ylva --init "/path/to/file.db"

Open and decrypt database:
ylva --decrypt "/path/to/existing/file.db"

Close and encrypt database:
ylva --encrypt

Ylva knows what database is currently active and encrypts it. Encrypting will ask you to type a master passphrase which is used for encryption.

Add an entry to an open database:
ylva --add

If you want to export all entries to a file:
ylva --show-passwords -A > file.txt

To show latest 10 entries:
ylva --show-latest 10

To show all entries ordered by date
ylva --show-latest

COLORS

Ylva supports colored output. To use colors, set an environment variable YLVA_COLOR with one of the following value: BLUE, RED, GREEN, YELLOW, MAGENTA, CYAN or WHITE.

DEFAULT USERNAME

Ylva supports settings default username for entries. To enable it, set an environment variable YLVA_DEFAULT_USERNAME value to the wanted default. If you want Ylva to default to an empty username define YLVA_DEFAULT_USERNAME, but leave it empty.

NOTES

Ylva does not have a concept of "change the master password". When you encrypt an open database using --encrypt you can type a master password. This password is then required to decrypt the database. You can change the master password every time when you encrypt the database, if you want to.

FILES

$HOME/.ylva.lock

AUTHORS

Written by Niko Rosvall.

COPYRIGHT

Released under MIT license.

11 Sep 2021

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