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XIII
Super Contributor
4 years ago

[46] How can I use a newline character in a field value?

In the past I created some multi-line fields for SSH keys after reading this tip on this forum. I now want to update one of those keys using op item edit "K" 'private key=X\nY' . However then ...
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XIII
Super Contributor
4 years ago

Ah, it does work when doing it in a script:


op item edit "K" "private key=-----BEGIN OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----
X
Y
-----END OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----"

Still would like to know how to do it on the command line though.