# passwd_gen A Cli utility to generate random passwords of a user defined length and quantity. My inspiration for this utility came from the "Rust Cookbook" in 1.1. Generate Random Values

## Help on Usage ```text $ passwdgen -h passwdgen 0.1.0 John Hight https://github.com/jthight Generates random passwords with alphanumeric and special characters

USAGE: passwd_gen [OPTIONS]

OPTIONS: -c, --clipboard Send passwords to clipboard. -e, --extend Enable extended special characters beyond default -h, --help Print help information -l, --length Length of password: default is 30 characters [default: 30] -n, --number Number of passwords: default is 1 password [default: 1] -o, --outfile Write output to a file instead of stdout -s, --silent Silent mode: no display of password on screen -V, --version Print version information -y, --overwrite Option to allow overwriting a file. ```

## Example Usage ```text $ passwd_gen f#lVvpIMdWrHG8K2ACr!wHYbIQm9JL

$ passwd_gen -e f1!kd7:`[+^MwwABT#G|""OT!")cHI

$ passwd_gen -e -l 60 JQ76M6*e8Z=|}uh|w]i-F\~

$ passwdgen -e -l 60 -n 10 9OdN/-7?""iz5a^V=GcPS;go|Zb&m13SY;Gj!VdCgd:$d-h"(w>h[e^mcB 7HO+oM5U(.GEE4:JS#%w1E}dQFfU&BQ-Rnkr/xVfai'_iPM.#G8dNcI{) N3SVdyb]+~qRK]xS5b$'|t)9bnVkY6o2FpoU*>ll[z{,"Q1b?V7J!#Q!gAz WP1^4F(MkWQ>P^?};V6,IA6O{\F|:-v@(]A]8=]U{y 5*W'dbjP;H7V9Tj=e?cPC5x!q'=XP#Cjq!(%IwxM D0H$?5S=rnAvP:NqBCjS<uaR';na=Dkg8C;_35xpc}r;m\-]rS9vMwS{n\A s21tt6$yk7GmTLLuB++uMb:XrDXO?13.?MB~Q3#1ZAChq8)jBOwH0v 5~u(."]1d1RBW`@IayFbJdUg(P(Co2vAB.qiJ4l@h1$6P6dTPdx.F^M;Vrn &{ojLxK'gdoqM"nTURqVskh,jr,?\'1L4O/SH[_f[RoJ2uc=2M+qf1iYpTS,

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## Example: save to file: password.txt text $ passwd_gen -e -l 60 -n 10 -o password.txt Passwords written to: password.txt B1VJk8>ZfaO[YjhlZ*=J`+.C<<Q6%6C-7^QlTWCqz5@E4h41:_edN>h;KOjB nzG)Q!\_Y/`1?h<NB@bJ6zi:&cUf`Pb;`dN!6"suTOLn)oC}ZOb,4@/d?8mw 0^MN7h4*"A=Nec)j[Kv(IW*)}R!RS62n\s$kj1M>p7"yBDFmXe&/@:&)vn8X 3IJ$kiQF&i/t3'\[`nFdRrAB+j7KK"zgM\xSmSI~}y!&Uc4u^3`dAx=%?>6' cvp&%Dq3I!8OGX?t}3FP2_W|cQ<.Sat3$Mm>_#Sdejnt#*9c!gj7kn=#=?S( xMy9aG}s0vHA|,D'^q*}QMM@\kZB+J(S}hI`1|s/8PeFi}G6wI>Da:'@D[U+ #vygcPz1$t,GI,[>sf99{ejoO9'v&xp%8XlCK7].]M2zhTwX`Lr}`48nNX~8 w~gCw!D:tzj](jp?b5EhkYPSNEA_g<p/N2O{WMxXc23b207;~<S^3|U^#+n7 bWm50k"LAFoxzvtp)f5>$becSq('I*y|XwjMwIyIU=wOP^4uYoAH|cb%P\wz ~!1=?[bwiSSiebjMYK-&;-r0Hb#jO^L>7@OR1G|MCVioJzA{/CU3rN|V"OG8

## Example: save to clipboard text $ passwd_gen -c Passwords written to: clipboard dCt%HUi0FvW#TCu!IjOP@ej5sEzyKk Note: all options can be used in any combination.

## Characters used to generate passwords ``rust // Standard set of Alphanumeric and Special characters // used to generate a password with default settings. const CHARSET: &[u8] = b"ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ\ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz\ 0123456789*&^%$#@!"; // Extended set of Special characters used to generate // a password when the -e or --extend option is set. const ESPCHARSET: &[u8] = b"~()_-+={[}]|\:;\"'<,>.?/";

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