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Password generator
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#!/usr/bin/python | |
import string, random, sys, os | |
# requires xclip to be installed | |
# copy to clipboard | |
def copy2clip(text): | |
os.system(f'echo -n "{text}" | xclip -sel clip') | |
# notify at OS level | |
def os_notify(message="Password copied to clipboard"): | |
os.system(f'notify-send "{message}"') | |
# generate password alphanumeric (lowercase & uppercase) plus not so common characters | |
def generate_password(length): | |
letters = string.ascii_lowercase + string.ascii_uppercase + '0123456789' + '~!@#$%^&*()_+-=[]{};:<>?,.' | |
return ''.join(random.choice(letters) for _ in range(length)) | |
def main(): | |
try: | |
password_length = int(sys.argv[-1]) if len(sys.argv) > 1 else 20 | |
password = generate_password(password_length) | |
print(f'Password: {password}') | |
# `xclip` package is required for this | |
copy2clip(password) | |
# `notify-send` required for this | |
os_notify() | |
except Exception as ex: | |
print(f'Error: {ex}') | |
if __name__ == "__main__": | |
main() | |
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |
# Use this to create symbolic link so that you can run it in a new terminal with | |
# `password_generator [PASSWORD_LENGTH]` | |
# sudo ln -s /home/user/absolute/path/password_generator.py /usr/bin/password_generator | |
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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