Allow timeout argument to dmp(1)

2 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/bin/dmp b/bin/dmp
index b6c878f9..d25082dd 100755
--- a/bin/dmp
+++ b/bin/dmp
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
+# Sole optional argument is the password timeout (defaults to 10 seconds)
+timeout_sec=${1:-10}
+
 # Get the password store directory, bail if we can't
 pwsd=${PASSWORD_STORE_DIR:-$HOME/.password-store}
 pwsd=${pwsd%/}
@@ -23,4 +26,4 @@ pw=$(
 [ -n "$pw" ] || exit
 
 # Pump the password into the clipboard xsel(2); allow 10 seconds
-pass show "$pw" | xsel -ibt 10000
+pass show "$pw" | xsel -ibt "$((timeout_sec * 1000))"
diff --git a/man/man1/dmp.1 b/man/man1/dmp.1
index 78fa8ec8..4cb354f0 100644
--- a/man/man1/dmp.1
+++ b/man/man1/dmp.1
@@ -4,11 +4,16 @@
 \- pick a pass(1) password with dmenu(1)
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B dmp
+.br
+.B dmp 25
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .B dmp
 applies dmenu(1) to pick a password entry from a pass(1) store and put it into
 the X CLIPBOARD for up to 10 seconds.
+.P
+An optional timeout in seconds can be applied, after which xsel(1) will remove
+the password from the clipboard. This timeout defaults to 10 seconds.
 .SH SEE ALSO
-dmenu(1), pass(1)
+dmenu(1), pass(1), xsel(1)
 .SH AUTHOR
 Tom Ryder <tom@sanctum.geek.nz>