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14 .Dd November 23, 2023
15 .Dt PWG 1
16 .Os
17 .Sh NAME
18 .Nm pwg
19 .Nd password generator
20 .Sh SYNOPSIS
21 .Nm
22 .Op Fl an
23 .Op Fl w Ar wordlist
24 .Op Ar length
25 .Sh DESCRIPTION
26 .Nm
27 generates a random string of characters or a diceware-style passphrase
28 using a word list, a file with one word per line.
29 The random properties are the ones provided by the operating system'
30 .Pa /dev/urandom
31 device.
32 .Pp
33 The options are as follows:
34 .Bl -tag -width Ds
35 .It Fl a
36 Use only alphanumeric characters.
37 .It Fl n
38 Use only numbers.
39 .It Fl w Ar wordlist
40 Generate a passphrase from a the given
41 .Ar wordlist
42 instead of a random string of characters.
43 .El
44 .Pp
45 If no
46 .Ar length
47 is given, an appropriate one is used.
48 .Sh EXIT STATUS
49 .Ex -std
50 .Sh EXAMPLES
51 Generate a passphrase using the EFF
52 .Dq large
53 wordlist:
54 .Bd -literal
55 $ ftp \-o\- https://www.eff.org/files/2016/07/18/eff_large_wordlist.txt \e
56 	| awk '{print $2}' >~/wordlist
57 $ pwg \-w ~/wordlist
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59 .Ed
60 .Sh AUTHORS
61 .An -nosplit
62 The
63 .Nm
64 utility was written by
65 .An Omar Polo Aq Mt op@omarpolo.com .