pw -- Password generator

Quick start

Build

Dependencies

First build & install libscnumerics.

Then:

make

Install

sudo make install

Or, on OpenBSD:

doas gmake install

Usage

pw

Generate password using default settings.

Examples

Generate a password with at least one lower case letter, one upper case letter, and one digit, with a length of 20 characters:

pw -l 1 -u 1 -d 1 -c 20

or, more compact:

pw -l1 -u1 -d1 -c20

Generate a password containing symbols from a given set:

pw -S '+-=@'

Documentation

Full documentation is in the man page:

man pw