Bitwarden Share Help

Powerful, fully-featured tool for accessing and managing your vault.

Category

Security

License

GPL 3

Platforms

Windows macOS Linux

Released

2018

Path

c:\bitwarden\bw.exe

Benefits

Most features that you find in other Bitwarden client applications (desktop, browser extension, etc.) are available from the CLI.

Examples

bw.exe get password Github

bw.exe generate --length 16 --uppercase --lowercase --number --special

bw.exe list items --search Github

# Bitwarden - Help

Source: 

```
Usage: bw [options] [command]

Options:
  --pretty                                    Format output. JSON is tabbed with two spaces.
  --raw                                       Return raw output instead of a descriptive message.
  --response                                  Return a JSON formatted version of response output.
  --cleanexit                                 Exit with a success exit code (0) unless an error is thrown.
  --quiet                                     Don't return anything to stdout.
  --nointeraction                             Do not prompt for interactive user input.
  --session <session>                         Pass session key instead of reading from env.
  -v, --version                               output the version number
  -h, --help                                  display help for command

Commands:
  sdk-version                                 Print the SDK version.
  login [options] [email] [password]          Log into a user account.
  logout                                      Log out of the current user account.
  lock                                        Lock the vault and destroy active session keys.
  unlock [options] [password]                 Unlock the vault and return a new session key.
  sync [options]                              Pull the latest vault data from server.
  generate [options]                          Generate a password/passphrase.
  encode                                      Base 64 encode stdin.
  config [options] <setting> [value]          Configure CLI settings.
  update                                      Check for updates.
  completion [options]                        Generate shell completions.
  status                                      Show server, last sync, user information, and vault status.
  list [options] <object>                     List an array of objects from the vault.
  get [options] <object> <id>                 Get an object from the vault.
  create [options] <object> [encodedJson]     Create an object in the vault.
  edit [options] <object> <id> [encodedJson]  Edit an object from the vault.
  delete [options] <object> <id>              Delete an object from the vault.
  restore <object> <id>                       Restores an object from the trash.
  move <id> <organizationId> [encodedJson]    Move an item to an organization.
  confirm [options] <object> <id>             Confirm an object to the organization.
  import [options] [format] [input]           Import vault data from a file.
  export [options]                            Export vault data to a CSV, JSON or ZIP file.
  share <id> <organizationId> [encodedJson]   --DEPRECATED-- Move an item to an organization.
  send [options] <data>                       Work with Bitwarden sends. A Send can be quickly created using this command or subcommands can be used to fine-tune the Send
  receive [options] <url>                     Access a Bitwarden Send from a url
  device-approval                             Manage device approval requests sent to organizations that use SSO with trusted devices.
  serve [options]                             Start a RESTful API webserver.
  help [command]                              display help for command

  Tip: Managing and retrieving secrets for dev environments is easier with Bitwarden Secrets Manager. Learn more under https://bitwarden.com/products/secrets-manager/

  Examples:

    bw login
    bw lock
    bw unlock myPassword321
    bw list --help
    bw list items --search google
    bw get item 99ee88d2-6046-4ea7-92c2-acac464b1412
    bw get password google.com
    echo '{"name":"My Folder"}' | bw encode
    bw create folder eyJuYW1lIjoiTXkgRm9sZGVyIn0K
    bw edit folder c7c7b60b-9c61-40f2-8ccd-36c49595ed72 eyJuYW1lIjoiTXkgRm9sZGVyMiJ9Cg==
    bw delete item 99ee88d2-6046-4ea7-92c2-acac464b1412
    bw generate -lusn --length 18
    bw config server https://bitwarden.example.com
    bw send -f ./file.ext
    bw send "text to send"
    echo "text to send" | bw send
    bw receive https://vault.bitwarden.com/#/send/rg3iuoS_Akm2gqy6ADRHmg/Ht7dYjsqjmgqUM3rjzZDSQ
```