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secrethub: Print a secret to `stdout`.

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$ secrethub read ${path-to-secret}

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The command secrethub read ${path-to-secret} is used in the SecretHub CLI to read the value of a secret stored in the SecretHub Vault.

Here is an explanation of each component of the command:

secrethub: This is the command-line interface (CLI) tool provided by SecretHub. It is installed on your computer and used to interact with the SecretHub service.
read: This is the command you want to execute with the CLI. The read command is used to retrieve the value of a secret.
${path-to-secret}: This is a placeholder representing the path of the secret you want to read. In SecretHub, secrets are organized as paths similar to file systems. For example, secrethub read my-org/my-repo/db/password reads the secret value stored at the path my-org/my-repo/db/password.

When you run the secrethub read command with the appropriate secrets path, it will contact the SecretHub service using your credentials, retrieve the value of the secret, and then display the value on the console.

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.

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