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XKCDPASS

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
EXAMPLES
HISTORY
AUTHOR
COPYRIGHT

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NAME

xkcdpass - generate memorable, secure multiword passphrases

SYNOPSIS

xkcdpass [ option ... ]
xkcdpass --help

DESCRIPTION

A flexible and scriptable password generator which generates strong passphrases, inspired by XKCD 936:

$ xkcdpass
> correct horse battery staple

OPTIONS

--help

Describe how to use this command.

--wordfile WORDFILE , -w WORDFILE

Specify that the file WORDFILE contains the list of valid words from which to generate passphrases.

--min MIN_LENGTH

Generate passphrases containing at least MIN_LENGTH words. (Default: 5)

--max MAX_LENGTH

Generate passphrases containing at most MAX_LENGTH words. (Default: 9)

--numwords NUM_WORDS , -n NUM_WORDS

Generate passphrases containing exactly NUM_WORDS words. (Default: 6)

--interactive , -i

Generate and output a passphrase, query the user to accept it, and loop until one is accepted.

--valid-chars VALID_CHARS , -v VALID_CHARS

Limit passphrases to only include words matching the regex pattern VALID_CHARS (e.g. '[a-z]' ).

--verbose , -V

Report various metrics for given options.

--acrostic ACROSTIC , -a ACROSTIC

Generate passphrases with an acrostic matching ACROSTIC .

--count COUNT , -c COUNT

Generate COUNT passphrases. (Default: 1)

--delimiter DELIM , -d DELIM

Separate words within a passphrase with DELIM . (Default: ' ')

--separator SEP , -s SEP

Separate multiple passphrases with SEP . (Default: U+000A LINE FEED)

--case CASE , -C CASE

Set the case of each word in the passphrase by method CASE . (Default: lower )

Valid CASE values are alternating , upper , lower , first , random .

EXAMPLES

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xkcdpass

Generates one passphrase with the default options. Example output:

pinball previous deprive militancy bereaved numeric

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xkcdpass --count=5 --acrostic='chaos' --delimiter='|' --min=5 --max=6 --valid_chars='[a-z]'

Generates 5 passphrases, all from lower-case words and meeting the acrostic “chaos”, delimited by the “|” character. Example output:

collar|highly|asset|ovoid|sultan
caper|hangup|addle|oboist|scroll
couple|honcho|abbot|obtain|simple
cutler|hotly|aortae|outset|stool
cradle|helot|axial|ordure|shale

HISTORY

The xkcdpass command invokes the Python program xkcd_password.py .

The inspiration for the program's purpose is the XKCD 936 <https://xkcd.com/936/>
“Password Strength” cartoon.

The application is maintained by Steven Tobin < <steven@steventob.in> >.

This manual page was written by Ben Finney < <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> >.

AUTHOR

Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au>

COPYRIGHT

BSD license, attribution and disclaimer required, no endorsement allowed.

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