CharVomit

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CharVomit

Generate random passwords using Go's crypto/rand functions.

The passwords should look like the cat puked up random characters, hence the name.

Usage

Usage: CharVomit [ length ]

If a password length is not specified, 32 is used.

Other optional flags are:
  -d	use numeric digits
  -h	show help and exit
  -l	use lower-case letters
  -s	use symbols: !#%+:=?@
  -u	use upper-case letters
  -v	show version
  -w	use weak characters (2-9, A-N, P-Z, a-k, m-z)
  -x string
    	excluded characters (will be removed)

Note that optional flags must precede the password length.

For example, a 8-character password of all capital letters:
CharVomit -u 8

Also note that certain characters that are confusing are ignored by default,
such as '0', 'O', '1', and 'l'. You can still get those characters, if you wish,
by using the -u, -l, and -d flags. The default is equivalent to -w -s.

Examples

32-character password, without ambiguous characters

$ CharVomit
Va9nBzgtW:Xt@28pcXW+6zpjb@DuyqJ3

20-character password, with weak (non-ambiguous) characters, no symbols

$ CharVomit -w 20
qm995CZrA7pRC4SgfDrJ

16-character password, with all upper- and lower-case letters and digits, as well as the symbols '!' and '@'

$ CharVomit -l -u -s -x '#%+:=?' 20
Xl!bXDnZC@srbxBDNzdj

To-Do

• Implement functionality to specify number of duplicate characters
• Improve documentation

Installation

If you have a Go compiler installed, you can use this command:

go install -v github.com/mojotx/CharVomit/cmd/CharVomit@latest

Alternatively, you can download the latest release.