Error: failed to retrieve secret "whatever": entry is not in the password store -> Sould be stderr not stdout

Author: shemeshgCreated Sep 13, 2023Updated Sep 12, 2026

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Summary

when gopass show item not with exact name, the output goes to stderr and the error to stdout

Steps To Reproduce

bash

macos@macoss-Mac-mini ~ % gopass show "FAST/2.notes/improvements pass-simple.md"|cat
# Improvements
macos@macoss-Mac-mini ~ % gopass show "FAST/2.notes/improvements pass-simp"|cat

Error: failed to retrieve secret "FAST/2.notes/improvements pass-simp": entry is not in the password store
macos@macoss-Mac-mini ~ % gopass show "FAST/2.notes/improvements pass-simp"
⚠ Entry "FAST/2.notes/improvements pass-simp" not found. Starting search...
✅ Found exact match in "FAST/2.notes/improvements pass-simple.md"
Secret: FAST/2.notes/improvements pass-simple.md

# Improvements

macos@macoss-Mac-mini ~ %

Expected behavior

The stdout should contain the entry content, and stderr all the rest, same as searching successfully with

exact name

Environment

OS: [e.g. Mac OS X High Sierra, Ubuntu 18.04, Windows 10, ...]
OS version: [uname -a]

macos@macoss-Mac-mini ~ % uname -a
Darwin macoss-Mac-mini.local 21.6.0 Darwin Kernel Version 21.6.0: Thu Jul  6 22:18:26 PDT 2023; root:xnu-8020.240.18.702.13~1/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64
macos@macoss-Mac-mini ~ %

gopass Version: [gopass version]

macos@macoss-Mac-mini ~ % gopass version
gopass 1.15.8 go1.21.1 darwin amd64
macos@macoss-Mac-mini ~ %

Installation method: [e.g. from source, brew, gopass repo]

bash

brew install gopass

Additional context

N/A

Source: gopasspw/gopass

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