rgowthaman / GenPasswd

To generate random and strong passwords.

GenPasswd

To generate random and strong passwords.

Installation

pip install -U genpasswd

Usage

usage: genpasswd [options]

optional arguments:
  -h, --help         show this help message and exit
  -v, --version      show version number and exit.

to customize Password:
  -l , --length      to set length to the password
  -n , --ignore      to ignore unwanted characters to the password
  -i , --include     to include characters to the password
  -o , --only        to create password only using wanted characters
  -s , --separator   the separator character
  -c , --seplen      the length of characters between separator
  --repeat           to repeat the characters in the password (default : False)
  --separation       to separate password characters using separator (default : False)

To generate a random password and print it on the screen.

> genpasswd
kj(ot--4mJ1aeJ

To set the password length, Default password length is 8-16.

> genpasswd -l 10
Q3m/vro|uR

Whether the characters in passwords repeat or not, Default value of repeat is False.

> genpasswd -r
96Ndl;1D>jQu4Z2

You can include, ignore or using only 'alphabets', 'numbers', 'uppercase', 'lowercase', 'symbols' and some random characters in generating password.

To ignore numbers in passwords.

> genpasswd -n numbers
uyMXP‘$!ZSCYqzj

To ignore characters a,b,c,d,e

> genpasswd -n abcde
~}t"R‘jF'ksG8~E

To create a password only using special characters.

> genpasswd -o symbols -l 15
?)".=-_^[_‘~{.)

To include a,b,c,d,e characters in a password.

> genpasswd -o numbers -i abcde -l 15
78713d1e3d926a3

To separate characters in a password using separator.

> genpasswd -o numbers -i abcde -l 15 --separation
7871-3d1e-3d92-6a3

To separate characters in a password using separator _ with 5 characters between each separator.

> genpasswd -o numbers -i abcde -l 15 -s _ -c 5 
78713_d1e3d_926a3

Issues:

If you encounter any problems, please file an issue along with a detailed description.