craigmaslowski/pw

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    Quick and Dirty Password Generator

Generates a random string twelve characters in length by default. Accepts an optional command line parameter for specifying password length. Requires node.js
Installation

Put the file on your drive.
chmod 755 pw
Examples

> ./pw
yJrenPAL7JfY

> ./pw 20
g3qwQULV20n4mQJI8lqV


## pw
#!/usr/bin/env node

var chars  = '0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghiklmnopqrstuvwxyz',
    length = !isNaN(process.argv[2]) ? process.argv[2] : 12;
    string = '';

for (var i = 0; i < length; i++) {
  var randomNumber = Math.floor(Math.random() * chars.length);
  string += chars.substring(randomNumber, randomNumber + 1);
}

console.log(string);
	#!/usr/bin/env node

	var chars = '0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghiklmnopqrstuvwxyz',
	length = !isNaN(process.argv[2]) ? process.argv[2] : 12;
	string = '';

	for (var i = 0; i < length; i++) {
	var randomNumber = Math.floor(Math.random() * chars.length);
	string += chars.substring(randomNumber, randomNumber + 1);
	}

	console.log(string);