quickpass/quickpass

#!/bin/bash
#
# Quick way to generate a random password for online systems
#
# Usage: randompass -l [LENGTH] -n [QUANTITY], where:
# length - the desired length of the password
# quantity - the number of passwords to be generated (default: 1) 
#
#    Copyright (C) 2016 - kzimmermann <https://quitter.se/kzimmermann>
#
#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
#    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
#    (at your option) any later version.
#
#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
#    GNU General Public License for more details.
#
#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
#


# Create a single password by default:
HOW_MANY=1

# Some online services put a cap on how long a password can be. We default it
# to 32 characters, but you can change it accordingly. If you estipulate a 
# number as an argument to this program, this value is overriden
# It's not recommended to use a password that's shorter than 14 characters!
LENGTH=32

# Get command-line options:

while [[ -n "$1" ]]
do
    case "$1" in
        "-h" | "--help" )
        cat <<EOF
Quick way to generate a random throwaway password for online systems

Usage: $(basename $0) -l [LENGTH] -n [QUANTITY], where:
length - the desired length of the password (default: $LENGTH)
quantity - the number of passwords to be generated (default: $HOW_MANY) 
EOF
        exit 0
        ;;
        "-l" | "--length" ) 
            shift
            LENGTH="$1"
        ;;
        "-n" | "--number" )
            shift
            HOW_MANY="$1"
        ;;
        * ) 
            echo "Error: unrecognized option '$1'"
            exit 1
        ;;
    esac

    # call next round
    shift
done

for ((i=0; i < $HOW_MANY; i++))
do
    seed="$(dd if=/dev/urandom bs=512 count=1 2> /dev/null | tr -dc [:graph:])"
    index=${RANDOM:2:2}
    # I need to do this to avoid things like 09, 04, etc
    [[ ${index:0:1} == "0" ]] && index=${index:1:1} 
    password=${seed:$index:$LENGTH}

    echo $password | xsel -ib
done

echo "Your password was copied to your clipboard."