PasswdGen

passwdgen is a password generator with multiple features including: randomized symbols, randomized words, both randomized symbols and words (Combined), and being able to manipulate those passwords.

This software is designed to be simple and work on Unix-like platforms (GNU/Linux, BSD)

Sections:

Symbols Mode

Words Mode

Combined Mode

File Creation

Symbols

Symbols mode is when you generate random symbols for a password.

When you run it, it generates a bunch of random symbols. To enable it you put -s.

Here's an example:

$ passwdgen -s
PJGcT:/|_9{,m~>d

You can change how many symbols there are with -l. By default there is 16 symbols generated.

For example:

$ passwdgen -s -l10
tH$T8;[QwS

Words

Words mode is when you generate random words.

When you run it, it randomly picks from a internal list of 3000 words to generate your password.

Here's an example:

$ passwdgen -w
four vision proceed population later profile

You can change how many words there are with -l. By default there is 6 words generated.

For example:

$ passwdgen -w -l7
beauty tonight reach palm seize pray neighborhood 

Combined

Combined mode is when you enable both Symbols, and Words mode.

When you run it, it instead of using spaces, puts random symbols in between the words.

Here's an example:

$ passwdgen -sw
middle'^none}%realE4peerHJwarT{brain

You can change how many words there are with -l. By default there is 6 words generated.

For example:

$ passwdgen -sw -l5
speaker/ofifteen:lmethodM3campusajmess

You can also manipulate it to change the amount of random symbols between the words with -b By default, there is 2 symbols in between.

For example:

$ passwdgen -s -w -b5
mirrorwbu"tbook:(8X4headlineue`y(sort

Files

You can also push your password to a file without printing it by adding -f with the name of the file after it.

For example:

$ passwdgen -s -fmyFile
$ ls
myFile

You may need to print the password when pushing it to a file, -F will print the password while pushing it to your preferred file