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:: random password using bash

Posted by blackonsole on June 18th, 2011 12:59 AM | Tutorials

:: how to create random password using bash

$ < /dev/urandom tr -dc A-Za-z0-9_ | head -c8

0	$ < /dev/urandom tr -dc A-Za-z0-9_ \| head -c8

:: make simple random password script

$ vi ranpass.sh
#!/bin/bash
p=$( < /dev/urandom tr -dc A-Za-z0-9_ | head -c8 )

echo "${p}"

$ chmod +x ranpass.sh
$ ./ranpass.sh
3GXuPBx6

$ vi ranpass.sh

#!/bin/bash

p=$( < /dev/urandom tr -dc A-Za-z0-9_ | head -c8 )

echo "${p}"

$ chmod +x ranpass.sh

$ ./ranpass.sh

3GXuPBx6

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