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pwgen — Generate pronounceable passwords. More information: <https://manned.org/pwgen>.

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Problem

How to use the pwgen command: Generate pronounceable passwords. More information: <https://manned.org/pwgen>.

Solution

pwgen — Generate pronounceable passwords. More information: <https://manned.org/pwgen>.

Generate random password with symbols:
pwgen {{[-y|--symbols]}} {{length}}


Generate secure, hard-to-memorize passwords:
pwgen {{[-s|--secure]}} {{length}}


Generate password with at least one capital letter in them:
pwgen {{[-c|--capitalize]}} {{length}}

Code Snippets

Generate random password with symbols

pwgen {{[-y|--symbols]}} {{length}}

Generate secure, hard-to-memorize passwords

pwgen {{[-s|--secure]}} {{length}}

Generate password with at least one capital letter in them

pwgen {{[-c|--capitalize]}} {{length}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/pwgen

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