genpasswd

genpasswd.sh is a script to generate password.

Generated password is print to the standard output (/dev/stdout)

Installation

To use this script, you have to add execution right to it :

chmod u+x genpasswd.sh

If you want it always available, you can :

• copy it in your ~/bin directory
• or add the script directory to the PATH environnement variable

Configuration

The default configuration is in the "Variables" section :

    PASSWORD_LENGTH=15
    CHARACTER_SET="[:alnum:]"   # -> A-Za-z0-9
    RANDOM_INPUT="/dev/urandom"

Vairables definitions :

• PASSWORD_LENGTH : the desired password length
• CHARACTER_SET : the character set used to generate the password, as it is defined in the tr command :
  • see : tr --help
• RANDOM_INPUT : file used to get the random characters

You can change these values to get the default configuration you want.

Usage

to use this script :

• if it is in your PATH, run genpasswd.sh [OPTIONS]
• else, run it like any others scripts :
  • cd <SCRIPT_DIR>; ./genpasswd.sh [OPTIONS]
  • /<SCRIPT_DIR>/genpasswd.sh [OPTIONS]

Options

This script provides some options to change its default configuration or use an interactive mode. For more information, use the --help option :

genpasswd.sh --help

Contributing

• Fork it !
• Clone your fork : git clone <url>
• Create your feature branch : git checkout -b my-new-feature
• No tabs please !
• Modify files and add them to the staging area : git add <FILES>
• Commit your changes : git commit -am 'Add some feature'
• Push to the branch : git push origin my-new-feature
• Submit a pull request

License

This script is under the GNU General Public License version 3 http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

See this file : ./COPYING