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Niyebe, simple pseudo-random password generator for the forgetful

$ niyebe -l 16      # generate random string with 16 characters
y}n59q\'1W8o=4_i

• generate random custom password

Niyebe is using the Mersenne Twister to generate a pseudo-random number which is provided by the <random> header in the C++ standard library.

• GNU Compiler Collection
• CMake
• Cygwin (if you're on Windows)

• Operating System: Linux (Ubuntu 64-bit)

Using make

$ make
$ ./niyebe

Using cmake

$ cmake -H. -Bbuild
$ make -C build
$ ./build/bin/niyebe

To install

$ sudo make install

This will install/copy the compiled executable to /opt/niyebe.

To add niyebe to PATH

$ echo "export PATH="$PATH:/opt/niyebe"" >> ~/.bashrc
$ source ~/.bashrc

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