Password Generator

Cryptographic password generator for the command line.

~ > genpass 32
aaWXrQLSB0K1xmmV7JoQJ3Qz9HbwMEno

Installation

1. Download the script:

curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/imtoopunkforyou/password-generator/refs/heads/main/password-generator.sh

2. Make executable:

chmod +x password-generator.sh

Usage

• Basic generation (12 characters with default charset):

./password-generator.sh --length 12

• Custom character set (ASCII letters and numbers):

./password-generator.sh --length 16 --charset "a-zA-Z0-9"

Alias Setup

Add to your shell configuration (.bashrc/.zshrc):

alias genpass="/path/to/password-generator.sh --length"

Usage with alias:

genpass 8  # Generates 8-character password

genpass 8 --charset "A-Za-z"  # Letters only

Command-line options

Option	Description	Required
-l, --length	Password length (4-64)	Yes
-c, --charset	Custom tr-compatible pattern	No
-h, --help	Show usage information	No