mkpw – a password generation utility

This is a simple C++ implementation of a password generation utility. The main reason for this application to be written is a C++ TDD approach and package management testing (we're using CMake-based Hunter here, if you're interested). I'll be happy if you find this utility useful.

Features

A simple command-line utility mkpwd allows you to generate a random password with a specified length.

Building

Verified OS & compiler support

• macOS Sierra 10.12 (x86_64-apple-darwin16.7.0), Apple LLVM version 8.1.0 (clang-802.0.42, Xcode 8.3.3)
• macOS Sierra 10.12 (x86_64-apple-darwin16.7.0), GCC 4.2.1
• Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, clang version 5.0.0
• Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, gcc 4.8.4 (Ubuntu 4.8.4-2ubuntu1~14.04.3)
• Win x86, Visual Studio 14 2015
• Win x64, Visual Studio 14 2015

macOS and other unix-like OSes

$ git clone git@github.com:igorakaamigo/mkpw.git
$ cd mkpw
$ sh scripts/build.sh
$ build/_release/mkpw --help

Win

$ git clone git@github.com:igorakaamigo/mkpw.git
$ cd mkpw
$ call scripts/build.cmd
$ build\_release\mkpw --help

Usage

• Generate a new password with a default length value (eight characters):

$ mkpw

• Brief usage help:

$ mkpw --help
$ mkpw -H

• Print version info:

$ mkpw --version
$ mkpw -V

• Generate a new password and specify the password' length:

$ mkpw --length=10
$ mkpw --length 10
$ mkpw -L10

Contributing

I doubt one can be interested in contribution to a mkpw project, but if you are interested –

Fork --> modify --> pull-request