lprs/docs/commands/gen.md

Generating a password

Usage

Usage: lprs get <INDEX-or-NAME> [FIELD]

Arguments:
  [LENGTH]  The password length [default: 18]

Options:
  -u, --uppercase  With uppercase letters (A-Z)
  -l, --lowercase  With lowercase letters (a-z)
  -n, --numbers    With numbers (0-9)
  -s, --symbols    With symbols (!,# ...)
  -h, --help       Print help

Generate a password with the specified length, by default the length is 18, you can specify the length by passing the LENGTH argument.

This command is useful when you need to generate a password for a new vault.

Examples

Generate a password of length 20 with uppercase letters, lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols:

lprs gen 20 -ulns

Generate a password of length 20 for a new vault:

lprs add my-vault -u 'username' -p $(lprs gen 20 -ulns)

Notes

• You must specify at least one of the options to generate a password.