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Created September 13, 2015 06:46
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Simple bash function for generating a random password
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password_generator.sh
#!/bin/bash
function pw () {
cat /dev/urandom | env LC_CTYPE=C tr -dc a-zA-Z0-9 | head -c $1; echo;
}
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Run as follows:

$ pw 4
96uB
$ pw 40
QNugNLDHpCL2LMS6aaxagTpInUQEWgWjagEo1Iv0

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