NAME

jotpass — Print readable random passwords

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

The jotpass utility facilitates generating random passwords suitable for handwriting.

The options are as follows:

-v

Enable verbose mode. Causes jotpass to print the entropy of the generated password to standard error.

-a alphabet

Draw characters from the given alphabet. Defaults to alphanumeric ASCII characters, excluding 01klnuvIO to improve legibility.

-g groups

Set the number of groups. Defaults to 12.

-w width

Set the width of the groups. Defaults to 4 characters.

-s separator

Set the group separator character. Defaults to dash (-).

EXIT STATUS

The jotpass utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

EXAMPLES

Print a random password:

$ jotpass
P6ji-4pRZ-Ze7m-q7Bp-Vpye-HCjr-hygF-6TwQ-oRJT-yx6p-SyMB-AwUm

Specify a custom format:

$ jotpass -a 0123456789abcdef -g 8 -w 2 -s ' ' -v
49 1b 6e b0 e2 fc 16 b1
The generated password has an entropy of 64 bits.

SEE ALSO

jot(1), arc4random(3)

AUTHORS

Stefan Kreutz <mail@skreutz.com>