security:tldr:76fa1

security: Create a keychain.

security

$ security create-keychain -p ${password} ${filename-keychain}

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The command you provided is used to create a new keychain with a specified password and filename. Here is a breakdown of the command:

security: This is the command-line tool in macOS used for managing keychains and security services.
create-keychain: This is a specific subcommand of the security tool used to create a new keychain.
-p ${password}: This option is used to specify the password for the new keychain. ${password} indicates that the password should be provided as a variable or input. You need to replace ${password} with the actual password you want to set.
${filename-keychain}: This is the filename and path for the new keychain. It is specified as another variable. You need to replace ${filename-keychain} with the actual filename and path you desire for the keychain.

To use this command, you would replace ${password} with your desired password and ${filename-keychain} with the desired location and filename for the keychain, then execute the command in the terminal or command prompt.

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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