password-generate
Password generators.
Based on actual use cases encountered in the wild.
mixed
: (alpha) + (num) + (symbol)alphanum
: some systems don't allow symbolsnum
: primarily those intended for phone usage
Usage
Naked
lib/* mode lengthlib/* modelib/* lengthlib/* mode = m[ixed]|a[lphanum]|n[um] ; default mixedlength = ; default = 12
npm
npm install password-generate
let PasswordGenerate = consoleconsoleconsoleconsole
gem
gem install password_generate
p PasswordGenerate.generate mode, lengthp PasswordGenerate.generate modep PasswordGenerate.generate lengthp PasswordGenerate.generate
composer
composer require password-generate
use password_generate;echo password_generate\PasswordGenerate::generate($mode, $length);echo password_generate\PasswordGenerate::generate($mode);echo password_generate\PasswordGenerate::generate($length);echo password_generate\PasswordGenerate::generate();
bash
./password-generate.sh mode length./password-generate.sh mode./password-generate.sh length./password-generate.sh
perl
./password-generate.pl mode length./password-generate.pl mode./password-generate.pl length./password-generate.pl
Notes
Symbol
Only using the underscore _
.
Some don't allow fancier symbols, but the underscore seems accepted everywhere.
Alpha
Assuming both uppercase and lowercase allowed.
The only contrary case I have seen is banks, which uses case-insensitive passwords - but then it doesn't disallow inputting both upper- and lower- case either.
Num
Ever-present.
I haven't seen a system that disallow numeric inputs yet.
First character
Is always an alpha
.
Systems have various rules disallowing what is or is not allowed, but the alpha seems accepted everywhere.