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+# pythonTOTP-dmenu
+
+Python script that copies in the clipboard the selected one-time password code
+
+# Dependencies:
+* suckless's dmenu
+* [python dmenu](https://pypi.org/project/dmenu/)
+* [pythonTOTP](https://pypi.org/project/pyotp/)
+* [clipboard](https://pypi.org/project/clipboard/)
+
+# Usage:
+Download the script, make it executable (`chmod +x /path/to/pythonTOTP-dmenu)
+make a file named `keys` in the same directory (or change the code that references that file)
+`keys` has this structure:
+
+`Name of the site`
+`TOTP KEY GIVEN BY THE WEBSITE`
+`Name of another site`
+`TOTP KEY OF THE SECOND WEBSITE`
+`...`
+
+The rows with the name is what you'll see in dmenu when you launch this script
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