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/dev/urand as a password generator
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urandgen
#!/bin/bash
if [ $# -ne 1 ]; then
echo "Please provide a length (e.g. \`urandgen 40\`)!";
exit 1;
fi
# I rather use the whole list of characters and add/remove one by hand then to screw around with a-zA-Z9-9...
cat /dev/urandom | tr -dc 'qwertzuiopasdfghjklyxcvbnmQWERTZUIOPASDFGHJKLYXCVBNM1234567890,.-;:_!@§$%&/()=?`*+' | head -c $1
echo ""
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