If you're using an AI coding assistant and it refuses to read or process a credential file (PEM keys, JWTs, tokens), the chat surface itself is the blocker — no prompt will coax the content through. The reliable workaround is to run the command in Terminal.app or iTerm2, where the LLM never sees stdout. The assistant can write the script, you execute it locally, and you paste the output back only where it's needed (e.g., into a dashboard form).
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