Rclone obscure password, what does it do?

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Passwords are stored "obscured" in the config file to prevent eyedropping (like eavesdropping but for eyes).

To turn your password into an obscured version suitable for the config file you use

$ rclone obscure password
qA1PiJ7nsUbHwXbKUhvAM_7Z7xlBa_Dp

You can then use this in the config file or the command line, eg

rclone lsf --sftp-host myhost --sftp-user me --sftp-pass qA1PiJ7nsUbHwXbKUhvAM_7Z7xlBa_Dp :sftp:
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