more portable pass function
diff --git a/plugins/available/base.plugin.bash b/plugins/available/base.plugin.bash
index 46cde30..441b3ff 100755
--- a/plugins/available/base.plugin.bash
+++ b/plugins/available/base.plugin.bash
@@ -23,17 +23,28 @@
echo -e "Your public IP is: ${echo_bold_green} $res ${echo_normal}"
}
+
+pickfrom ()
+{
+ about picks random line from file
+ param 1: filename
+ example $ pickfrom /usr/share/dict/words
+ local file=$1
+ [ -z "$file" ] && reference $FUNCNAME && return
+ length=$(cat $file | wc -l)
+ n=$(expr $RANDOM \* $length \/ 32768 + 1)
+ head -n $n $f | tail -1
+}
+
pass ()
{
- about generates password from random dictionary words
- which gshuf &> /dev/null
- if [ $? -eq 1 ]
- then
- echo "Error: shuf isn't installed!"
- return 1
- fi
-
- pass=$(shuf -n4 /usr/share/dict/words | tr '\n' ' ')
+ about generates random password from dictionary words
+ param optional integer length
+ param if unset, defaults to 4
+ example $ pass
+ example $ pass 6
+ local i pass length=${1:-4}
+ pass=$(echo $(for i in $(eval echo "{1..$length}"); do pickfrom /usr/share/dict/words; done))
echo "With spaces (easier to memorize): $pass"
echo "Without (use this as the pass): $(echo $pass | tr -d ' ')"
}