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2026-02-26

Bash function to generate a secure random alphanumeric string

You can use this Bash function in your .bashrc file to generate a random alphanumeric string easily. This comes in handy when you need to generate a long, secure password for example. Adjust to your needs.

Generate pseudorandom passwords with OpenSSL

OpenSSL comes in handy when you need to generate passwords or random strings. For example for system accounts and services. In this short post I’ll give you a quick example on how to generate random passwords with OpenSSL in Linux (Bash), Windows and PHP.