I'm trying to extract values from a SOPS-encrypted JSON file to export them into environment variables in order to run a web app, but the extraneous newlines keeps driving me crazy.
For example, given this test.json (which is then encrypted with SOPS into test.enc.json),
{
"password": "the cake is a lie",
"secret": "shut up about the sun"
}
when I try to extract "password", a newline will be added to the end:
$ sops --extract '["password"]' --decrypt test.enc.json)
$ echo $password
the cake is a lie
$
Tried trimming the newline with tr -d "\n" and with sed but no joy.
It turns out that what I really needed was --exec-env. From sops --help:
COMMANDS:
exec-env execute a command with decrypted
values inserted into the environment
When testing it out, it works like a charm:
$ echo $secret
$ sops exec-env test.enc.json bash
bash$ echo $secret
shut up about the sun
bash$
(exit)
$
$ echo $secret
$