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The two halves of signing in, in the order they are used: the browser loads while the password waits to be pasted.

Usage

Section titled “Usage”
Terminal window
sefy open <REFERENCE> [OPTIONS]
Option Meaning
--no-password Open the site without touching the clipboard.
--clear-after <SECONDS> Seconds before the clipboard is cleared; 0 leaves it there. Default 45.
Terminal window
$ sefy open github
opened https://github.com/login
copied password of "github" to the clipboard; clearing in 45s
clipboard cleared

The clipboard is the same path get uses, timeout and all. A browser being open does not make a password on the clipboard any less exposed, so the timer runs the same way.

What it opens

Section titled “What it opens”

The record’s url field. Add one to a record that has none:

Terminal window
$ sefy open mail
error: "mail" has no "url" field; it holds: login, password
add one with: sefy edit 3 --set url=https://…

Only http and https addresses are opened. A file:/// path, javascript: or a ms-settings: handler is something a launcher would act on and is not a site a login belongs to, so sefy refuses and shows what is stored:

Terminal window
$ sefy open odd
error: "file:///C:/Windows/System32/calc.exe" is not an http(s) address; sefy only opens web addresses

A note or a stored file has no site at all, and says so.

The password it copies

Section titled “The password it copies”

Whatever the kind’s main secret is: a login’s password, a card’s number, an SSH key’s private key. A record with no secret field opens its site and stops there — the site is open, which is what was asked.

To reach a different field, use get --field.

Section titled “Related”
  • get — a secret on its own, any field
  • show — an item without its secrets
  • edit — add or change the url field