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random password generator in shell
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| genpasswd() { | |
| local l=$1 | |
| [ "$l" == "" ] && l=20 | |
| tr -dc "A-Za-z0-9_%^&*()\`/[]{}|" < /dev/urandom | head -c ${l} | xargs | |
| } | |
| genpasswd 52 |
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there are also powerful command line generators like "apg" (advanced password generator).