# A simple password generator ``` gen-passwd - a password generator Usage: gen-passwd [--short] [--special] [--count INT] [--delimiter ARG] [--acrostic ARG] Print a wordlist-based password Available options: --short Use the EFF list of short words --special Use the EFF list of special words --count INT The number of passwords (default: 1) --delimiter ARG The delimiter to use (default: " ") --acrostic ARG The first letters of the words form this word. (default: "") -h,--help Show this help text ``` ![XKCD 936](https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/password_strength.png) You can find a longer explanation of this technique in [this EFF article](https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/07/new-wordlists-random-passphrases), along with [the word list](https://www.eff.org/files/2016/07/18/eff_large_wordlist.txt) used by this program.