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apg — Create arbitrarily complex random passwords. More information: <https://manned.org/apg>.

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Problem

How to use the apg command: Create arbitrarily complex random passwords. More information: <https://manned.org/apg>.

Solution

apg — Create arbitrarily complex random passwords. More information: <https://manned.org/apg>.

Create random passwords (default password length is 8):
apg


Create a password with at least 1 symbol (S), 1 number (N), 1 uppercase (C), 1 lowercase (L):
apg -M SNCL


Create a password with 16 characters:
apg -m {{16}}


Create a password with maximum length of 16:
apg -x {{16}}


Create a password that doesn't appear in a dictionary (the dictionary file has to be provided):
apg -r {{path/to/dictionary_file}}

Code Snippets

Create random passwords (default password length is 8)

apg

Create a password with at least 1 symbol (S), 1 number (N), 1 uppercase (C), 1 lowercase (L)

apg -M SNCL

Create a password with 16 characters

apg -m {{16}}

Create a password with maximum length of 16

apg -x {{16}}

Create a password that doesn't appear in a dictionary (the dictionary file has to be provided)

apg -r {{path/to/dictionary_file}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/apg

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