Poshword Generator

Poshword Generator is a simple password generator for PowerShell.

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Functionality

This PowerShell Module creates passwords. Without any parameter it generates 8-figure passwords with 2 special characters. It is possible to change the parameters though.

New-Poshword -Length 12 -SpecialCharacters 4

With the switch -ToClipboard the generated password gets sent to the clipboard in addition to the console output. There are aliases to to shorten the command:

npw 12 4 -clip

More examples can be found in the in the PowerShell help with Get-Help New-Poshword.

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Installation

PSGallery

The module is available on the PowerShell Gallery:

Install-Module -Name PoshwordGenerator

Manual

Download this repository and place the folder PoshwordGenerator from the Output directory into on of the folders configured on your machine.
You can find the paths configured in the environment variable $PSModulePath:

Windows: $env:PSModulePath -split ';'

Linux / macOS: $env:PSModulePath -split ':'

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