You can use the following command to generate the random password: $ tr -dc A-Za-z0-9 < /dev/urandom | head -c 8 | xargs Sample output: 4fFUND1d You can create a bash shell function as follows (add to your ~/.bashrc): # Random password generator genpasswd() { tr -dc A-Za-z0-9 < /dev/urandom | head -c ${1:-8} | […]
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