gopass/docs/commands/insert.md

insert command

The insert command is used to manually set (insert, or change) a password in the store. It applies to either new or existing secrets.

Synopsis

$ gopass insert entry
$ gopass insert entry key

Modes of operation

• Create a new entry with a user-supplied password, e.g. a new site with a user-generated password or one picked from gopass pwgen: gopass insert entry
• Change an existing entry to a user-supplied password
• Create and change any field of a new or existing secret: gopass insert entry key
• Read data from STDIN and insert (or append) to a secret

Insert is similar in effect to gopass edit with the advantage of not displaying any content of the secret when changing a key.

Note: insert will not change anything but the Password field (using the insert entry invocation) or the specified key (using the insert entry key invocation).

Flags

Flag	Aliases	Description
--echo	-e	Display the secret while typing (default: false)
--multiline	-m	Insert using $EDITOR (default: false). This identical to running gopass edit entry. All other flags are ignored.
--force	-f	Overwrite any existing value and do not prompt. (default: false)
--append	-a	Append to any existing data. Only applies if reading from STDIN. (default: false)