Comments on: Generate Random Passwords on the Linux Command Line

Comments on: Generate Random Passwords on the Linux Command Line http://tuxtraining.com/2008/09/01/generate-random-passwords-on-the-linux-command-line Mon, 03 Aug 2009 07:34:04 -0500 hourly 1 By: B Alexander http://tuxtraining.com/2008/09/01/generate-random-passwords-on-the-linux-command-line/comment-page-1#comment-1485 B Alexander Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:44:08 +0000 http://tuxtraining.com/?p=467#comment-1485 Great tip. Depending on your requirements, a better command line might be head -c8 /dev/random | uuencode -m - | sed -n '2s/=*$//;2p' since this also includes special characters. Great tip. Depending on your requirements, a better command line might be

head -c8 /dev/random | uuencode -m – | sed -n ‘2s/=*$//;2p’

since this also includes special characters.

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