KWALLET-QUERY(1) KWALLET-QUERY(1)
NAME
kwallet-query - KDE Wallet command-line manipulation tool
SYNOPSIS
kwallet-query OPTIONS wallet
DESCRIPTION
kwallet-query comes in handy when shell scripts need to read or update
the KDE Wallet. It works by manipulating the entries displayed in the
KDE Wallet Manager utility. It’s only parameter is the walletname the
tool should read or update. The operation mode is specified by the
options.
OPTIONS
-h,--help
Display a short help message.
-l,--list-entries
List password entries. These are the folder names displayed in the
KDE Wallet Manager utility. If the -f option is given, this will
only display the subfolders of the specified folder.
-r,--read-password Entry
Read the contents of the given Entry from the Foldersection of the
wallet and output it on the standard output. Maps are exported as
JSON object.
-w,--write-password Entry
Write secrets to the given Entry under the Folder section of the
given wallet. The secrets are read from the standard input. Maps
take in input a well-formed JSON object. IMPORTANT previous wallet
entry value will be overwritten by this option, so be careful when
using it!
-f,--folder Folder
Set the wallet folder to Folder value. By default Passwords is used.
-v,--verbose
Output more information when performing the operation, to help
debugging.
EXIT STATUS
0
Success.
1
The wallet wallet was not found.
2
The wallet wallet could not be opened. For example, that would be an
indication of a bad password entry or some other problem with the
KDE Wallet system.
3
The Folder section was not found inside the wallet wallet. Perhaps
the wallet file is corrupt?
4
The read or write operation has failed for some reason.
BUGS
Please report all bugs on the KDE bug reporting website: bugs.kde.org.
Be sure to select “kwallet-query” when submitting your bug-report.
AUTHOR
kwallet-query was originally written by Valentin Rusu and is part of
KDE.
COPYING
Copyright (C) 2015 Valentin Rusu. Free use of this software is granted
under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).
AUTHOR
Valentin Rusu <kde@rusu.info>
Original author
Frameworks 5.11 2015-06-14 KWALLET-QUERY(1)
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