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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..790935a --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +# mkpass + +`mkpass` is a CLI utility to generate passwords from the command\-line. All +random characters are generated by `/dev/urandom`. + +By default passwords are 64 characters long and may contain any printable ASCII +character. If you would like to specify the password length, you can use the +`-l` command\-line option. If you would like to specify the set of characters +to use in the password, you can provide a set of characters or a range in the +same form as `tr(1)`. + +For example to generate a 40 character long password containing only the numbers +0–9 and the uppercase-characters A–F: + + $ mkpass -l 40 0-9A-F + 379A2E98B2BE03A5F4B2F5AC39F4FD8429B2CAFD + +## Installation + +Installation is easy by using the provided Makefile: + + $ sudo make install |