Bash script for generating passwords, released to the public domain.
Use command make install to copy file genpwdsh.sh to /usr/local/bin/genpwdsh path. Alternatively, you can uninstall genpwdsh by using make uninstall command. Default install paths can be changed by editing variables DEST_PATH and MAN_PATH in the Makefile.
genpwdsh [LENGTH] [METHOD] [INPUT]
Length limit of desired password set as integer greater than 0. Default value is 16.
Specifies method of generating passwords:
-b2 | -sha224 | -sha256 | -sha384 | -sha512 | -shake128 | -shake256 | -random | -urandom | -openssl | -gpg
Default method is -openssl.
Specifies custom input value. By default, output of command date +%N%M%S is used as input value.
$ genpwdsh
Tt0Yj3RySbXsSVPh
$ genpwdsh 32
Ea55e6KZZd2bf4grJUBeIk8pNLH2wCES
$ genpwdsh 8 -urandom
Sura^6%R
$ genpwdsh 12 -shake256 "echo HelloWorld"
MmY4ZDk3MzQ5