Script to generate a salted sha512 hash

generate-salted-sha512-hash.py

#!/usr/bin/python

import sys;
import getpass;
import crypt;
import uuid;

password = getpass.getpass("New Password: ");
salt = uuid.uuid4().hex [0:8];

#print("Pass:",password);
#print("Salt:",salt);

hash=crypt.crypt(password, "$6$"+salt+"$");

if len(sys.argv) > 1:
    username = sys.argv[1]
    print(username+": {CRYPT}"+hash);
else:
    print("{CRYPT}"+hash);