From cba433e2f46cd9d492e01b60da4d4319f3d602ba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Voss <mail@thomasvoss.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2023 15:50:48 +0300
Subject: Remove the bloated ‘-n’ option
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If you need to copy a password without a newline, just do:

    $ mkpass | wl-copy -n

If you just happen to need no newlines for other purposes:

    $ mkpass | xargs printf '%s'
---
 mkpass   | 7 +++----
 mkpass.1 | 3 ---
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mkpass b/mkpass
index d1acc08..0eff77d 100755
--- a/mkpass
+++ b/mkpass
@@ -3,14 +3,13 @@
 set -e
 
 usage() {
-	echo "Usage: ${0##*/} [-n] [-l length] [chars]" >&2
+	echo "Usage: ${0##*/} [-l length] [chars]" >&2
 	exit 1
 }
 
-while getopts 'l:n' o; do
+while getopts 'l:' o; do
 	case "$o" in
 	l) len="$OPTARG" ;;
-	n) nnl=false     ;;
 	*) usage         ;;
 	esac
 done
@@ -18,4 +17,4 @@ done
 shift $((OPTIND - 1))
 [ $# -gt 1 ] && usage
 </dev/urandom tr -dc -- "${1:-[:graph:]}" | head -c "${len:-64}"
-${nnl:-true} && echo
+echo
diff --git a/mkpass.1 b/mkpass.1
index 84c269f..687d3b5 100644
--- a/mkpass.1
+++ b/mkpass.1
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 .Nd make a password
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm
-.Op Fl n
 .Op Fl l Ar length
 .Op Ar chars
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
@@ -27,8 +26,6 @@ section.
 .Pp
 The options are as follows:
 .Bl -tag width Ds
-.It Fl n
-Do not print a trailing newline after the generated password.
 .It Fl l Ar length
 Generate a password
 .Ar length
-- 
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