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Quickly generate a safe password. Allows you to (optionally) pass a length.
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genpass.sh
# Easily generate a safe password. Defaults to 16 characters
#
# author Jonah Dahlquist
# license CC0
genpass() {
local l=$1
[ "$l" == "" ] && l=16
tr -dc A-Za-z0-9_ < /dev/urandom | head -c ${l} | xargs
}
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