macOS Shell Scripting

Fill password for sudo in shell script

DANGER! Do not borrow your terminal to anybody.

Open Keychain Access, select login keychain and use Create New ...

Create alias

Use it

PASS=$(security find-generic-password -l "sudoPassword" -a jr -w | tr -d '\n')
# -l = name of item in Keychain
# -a = account name
# -w = return password only
echo "$PASS" | sudo -S whoami

Allow security utility to access Keychain always ...