====== Generate good password ====== how simple it is echo `< /dev/urandom tr -dc A-Za-z0-9 | head -c 10` Read further for complicated edition. Usage : apg.sh 10 (generate 10 character password) #!/bin/bash if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then echo "Usage : apg " else for ((n=0;n<10;n++)); do dd if=/dev/urandom count=1 2> /dev/null | /usr/bin/gmime-uuencode -m -| sed -ne 2p | cut -c-$1; done fi #!/bin/bash if [ $# -gt 2 ]; then echo "Usage : $0 [] []" else if [ $1 ]; then itr=$1 else itr='10' fi if [ $2 ]; then len=$2 else len='15' fi for ((n=0;n<$itr;n++)); do dd if=/dev/urandom count=1 2> /dev/null | /usr/bin/gmimeuuencode -m -| sed -ne 2p | cut -c-$len; done fi