passgen

A command line tool to generate passwords of a given length.

DISCLAIMER

This is simply a research project, and not a cryptographically secure password generator. If you'd like to generate truly secure passwords, use a password manager or some other proper tool.

Build instructions

1. Clone the repository.

   git clone https://gitlab.com/noClaps/passgen.git
   cd passgen

2. Build the package.

   make build

   You can then run ./passgen -h.

Usage

USAGE: passgen <length> [-s <s>]

ARGUMENTS:
  <length>                The length of the password to generate

OPTIONS:
  -s <s>                  The separator for blocks in the password (default: -)
  -h, --help              Show help information.

You can use the tool simply by running:

passgen 24 # Or any other positive whole number

You can also pass in a custom separator:

passgen 24 -s "_"

or remove the separator entirely:

passgen 24 -s ""

You can view the help by using -h or --help:

passgen -h
passgen --help

Completions

You can generate completions for your shell using the --generate-completion-script flag:

passgen --generate-completion-script bash
passgen --generate-completion-script zsh
passgen --generate-completion-script fish