#!/usr/bin/perl #H# Generates a random password. # print out help info if requested if ($ARGV[0] ne "") { open (SELF, $0); while () { if ($_ =~ /^#H# /) { $_ =~ s/^#H# //; print $_; } } exit; } $LegalChars="abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890!@#\$%^&*()-=_+,./?][}{|;:~\"\'\`\\"; #$LegalChars="abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890"; $MinChars="8"; $MaxExtraChars="01234"; srand; $NumOfChars=substr($MaxExtraChars,int(rand(length($MaxExtraChars))),1); $NumOfChars=$NumOfChars+$MinChars; $Loop=1; $Pass=""; while ($Loop <= $NumOfChars) { $Pass=$Pass . substr($LegalChars,int(rand(length($LegalChars))),1); $Loop=$Loop+1; } print "$Pass\n";