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How to generate a sha512 hash suitable for /etc/shadow using Mac OSX

$ sudo easy_install pip
$ pip install passlib
$ python -c "from passlib.hash import sha512_crypt; import getpass,string,random; print sha512_crypt.using(salt=''.join([random.choice(string.ascii_letters + string.digits) for _ in range(16)]),rounds=5000).hash(getpass.getpass())"