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For this example, don't just command line arguments. There's an API key there, you don't want an API key visible in your cmdline.
by RadiozRadioz 1y ago
For this example, don't just command line arguments. There's an API key there, you don't want an API key visible in your cmdline.
- bjourne 1y agoThen how would you SET the API key in the first place? :) The argument doesn't make any sense at all.
- medstrom 1y agoIn some .profile or .envrc or what you'd call such a file, I suppose.
- NoGravitas 1y agoAnd you expect someone will be able to read your bash_history, but not your .profile?
- medstrom 1y agoFair, I wasn't thinking about the details of how someone would lift out the bash history.
- fc417fc802 1y agoUsing read or an equivalent, presumably. Just because you don't know why a practice is recommended against doesn't mean that there isn't a good alternative.