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by didsomeonesay 608 days ago
.. and now the password is stored unencrypted in your bash history.
3 comments
mmh0000 608 days ago
Use the `read` method the other poster said, or ensure HISTCONTROL is set and then prepend a space to commands that contain secrets.

  $ export HISTCONTROL=ignoreboth
  $  echo 'supersecret' | whatever
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aftbit 608 days ago
That's a feature, not a bug. :P

Alright if you prefer:

    read PW; sleep 3; xdotool type "$PW"
Or if it's already on your clipboard:

    sleep 3; xdotool type "$(xclip -o)"
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bombela 607 days ago
Prefix any command with a space and bash won't append to the history.
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gruturo 605 days ago
Careful that's only true if you set HISTCONTROL to "ignorespace" or "ignoreboth".
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bombela 605 days ago
Which seems the default in my anecdotal experience on debian/Ubuntu.

It is also the default on fish shell in the same anecdotal experience.

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