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Former Member
4 years ago

How can I use CLI in a GNU Makefile?

I'd like to set a GNU Make variable as an OP CLI session so that make commands can use 1Password. Any ideas? I know that I can set it as an environment variable before using make. I'm curious if ther...
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MrC
Super Contributor
4 years ago

Alternatively, you can set a Make variable, set as an export, and it will be available for use in sub-shells created by Make. Pass the --session option to your commands to refer to it.

```
export OPTOKEN := $(shell op signin --raw --account https://my.1password.com)

all:
op --session $$OPTOKEN item list --format json
```