#!/bin/bash LENGTH=30 CLASS="[:alnum:]-_.:,;*=!<>" # Show usage if [ "$1" == "--help" ]; then echo "Usage: $0 [length] [class]" echo "Default length: 30" echo "Default class: $CLASS (see 'man tr')" exit 0 fi # Set length if given if [ "$1" != "" ] && [ $1 -gt 0 ]; then LENGTH=$1 fi shift # Set class if given if [ "$1" != "" ]; then CLASS=$1 fi echo "Generating from /dev/urandom with length $LENGTH using class $CLASS." PW=`cat /dev/urandom | tr -dc "$CLASS" | head -c $LENGTH` echo "Generated password: $PW" PW="XXXX" exit 0