A short python script to generate passwords, originally from the python cookbook.
#!/usr/bin/env python
from random import choice
import getopt
import string
import sys
def GenPasswd():
chars = string.letters + string.digits
for i in range(8):
newpasswd = newpasswd + choice(chars)
return newpasswd
def GenPasswd2(length=8, chars=string.letters + string.digits):
return ''.join([choice(chars) for i in range(length)])
class Options(object):
pass
def main(argv):
(optionList,args) = getopt.getopt(argv[1:],"r:l:",["repeat=","length="])
options = Options()
options.repeat = 1
options.length = 8
for (key,value) in optionList:
if key == "-r" or key == "--repeat":
options.repeat = int(value)
elif key == "-l" or key == "--length":
options.length = int(value)
for i in xrange(options.repeat):
print GenPasswd2(options.length)
if __name__ == "__main__":
sys.exit(main(sys.argv))
