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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Random Passwords Post 302937488 by jim mcnamara on Thursday 5th of March 2015 03:03:43 PM
Old 03-05-2015
This is a bash example:

Code:
#!/bin/bash

alnum="0123456789abcdefjhijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFJHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
punct="!@#$%^&*<>.,:;><{}[]"
len1=${#alnum}
len2=${#punct}
pwd=""
tmp=""
pun=""
for((i=0; i<8 ; i++))
do
   n=$(( $RANDOM % len1 ))
   tmp=$tmp${alnum:$n:1}
   n=$(( $RANDOM % len2 ))
   pun=$pun${punct:$n:1}
done
pwd=${tmp:0:4}${pun:0:4}${tmp:4}
echo "$pwd"

You would be far better off to find a password generator on the net.
 

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crypt::random::source::base

Crypt::Random::Source::Base(3pm)			User Contributed Perl Documentation			  Crypt::Random::Source::Base(3pm)

NAME

       Crypt::Random::Source::Base - Abstract base class for Crypt::Random::Source classes

SYNOPSIS

	   use Moose;
	   extends qw(Crypt::Random::Source::Base);

DESCRIPTION

       This is an abstract base class.

       In the future it will be a role.

METHODS

   get $n, %args
       Gets $n random bytes and returns them as a string.

       This method may produce fatal errors if the source was unable to provide enough data.

   read $buf, $n, [ $off ]
       This method is cannibalized from IO::Scalar. It provides an IO::Handle work-alike.

       Note that subclasses override this to operate on a real handle directly if available.

   seed @stuff
       On supporting sources this method will add @stuff, whatever it may be, to the random seed.

       Some sources may not support this, so be careful.

   available
       This is a class method, such that when it returns true calling "new" without arguments on the class should provide a working source of
       random data.

       This is use by Crypt::Random::Source::Factory.

   rank
       This is a class method, with some futz value for a ranking, to help known good sources be tried before known bad (slower, less available)
       sources.

   get_data %Params
       Provided for compatibility with Crypt::Random

AUTHOR

	 Yuval Kogman <nothingmuch@woobling.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       This software is copyright (c) 2011 by Yuval Kogman.

       This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

perl v5.14.2							    2011-01-05					  Crypt::Random::Source::Base(3pm)
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