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SH: function for making random passwords
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| ## put this into your ~/.bashrc file and make random passwords as needed. | |
| ## | |
| ## usage: | |
| ## mkpw <length> | |
| ## | |
| ## ex: for for i in $(seq 5);do mkpw 10 ; done | |
| ## Rw3QPaeUM2 | |
| ## qPgQnx5K38 | |
| ## wZnOZjQsdN | |
| ## H0tcr1tVrQ | |
| ## w3xnyY00lp | |
| mkpw() | |
| { | |
| [ $# -eq 0 ] && len=16 || len="$1" | |
| cat /dev/urandom | tr -dc 'a-zA-Z0-9' | fold -w "$len" | head -1 | |
| } | |
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Todo: I could enhance this with some options:
-l length - make passwords of length length
-n count - create count passwords