![]() restic asks for a password to encrypt the backup.my-backup-script.sh to start my backups (based on restic) So quite a few layers to reconfigure in order to make this work, but luckily it only requires a few changes. My default shell is zsh and I also use tmux. I use iTerm2 as my terminal app on Mac OS X. Recently I wanted to have this password auto-type feature also be available on the shell. This is usually the title of a website as far as I know. ![]() in order to do this correctly, you can configure a Window-Association. ![]() Instead I just press CTRL-Option-A (in my case) and let the user and password fields be auto-completed using KeepassXC. This is great for websites since I don't need any browser plugin. According to the user guide, Auto-Type "acts like a virtual keyboard to populate data from your entries directly into the corresponding websites or applications that you use". I found out about the Auto-Type feature in the KeepassXC User Guide. About a couple of months ago I discovered I don't need to copy passwords from KeepassXC via clipboard. I use KeePassXC as my main password manager. The document is mostly for myself to remember how to do it, but feel free to add your comments and improvements. This is a very quick tutorial on how to auto-type passwords from KeePassXC to a CLI application.
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