How do I copy keychains

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I have little experience with MAC OS and Apple in general.
Is "S.M.A.R.T. Status | Failing" always indicative of hdd failure? The computer has been very laggard of late but has not experienced any data errors. This is primarily a traveling internet connection with limited LAN (data) use.
I was going to reinstall OS which would be the 2nd time recently. First time -~2 months ago- seemed to help but last week the performance took a gigantic hit. First I thought network but ruled that out. S.M.A.R.T. status got me looking in the hdd direction.
The only data/info I want to preserve is keychain related (passwords and networks and network settings/passwords and Safari bookmarks.) Everything else can either be reinstalled, is stored online or downloaded to other storage devices already.
What files-filenames/locations are involved and how do I copy them to another location.
Thanks.

Is "S.M.A.R.T. Status | Failing" always indicative of hdd failure?
Yes, it's always indicative of HDD failure or imminent failure.
If you have backups of your files, then your keychains are already preserved in the backups.

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