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Created June 4, 2014 17:46
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CLI Password Generator with openssl
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genpasswd.sh
function genpasswd() {
let passwordLength=${1:-48}
openssl rand -base64 $passwordLength | cut -c 1-$passwordLength
}
# $ genpasswd 24
# qPE5rpQOF74k8SoibCFzhlwp
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corbanb commented Jun 9, 2014

If you add | pbcopy to this line it will be in your clipboard. :)

function genpasswd() {
    let passwordLength=${1:-48}
    openssl rand -base64 $passwordLength | cut -c 1-$passwordLength | pbcopy
}

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