new method of generating a password; 5 random words from dict.

append.bash

@@ -64,14 +64,16 @@ cmd_append_append() {
   else
 
     ARGS="$@"
-    charstring1='"'
-    charstring2="\!#\$&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[]^_\`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~"
 
-    characters="$charstring1$charstring2"
-    
-    length=25
-    read -r -n $length new_password < <(LC_ALL=C tr -dc "$characters" < /dev/urandom)
+		# old method of generating a password:
+    # charstring1='"'
+    # charstring2="\!#\$&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[]^_\`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~"
+    # characters="$charstring1$charstring2"
+    # length=25
+    # read -r -n $length new_password < <(LC_ALL=C tr -dc "$characters" < /dev/urandom)
     
+		# new method:
+    new_password=$(cat /usr/share/dict/words | sed "s|'s||g" | shuf -n6 | sed -z 's/\n/-/g;s/-$/\n/' | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
     printf "$new_password" | xclip -sel clip
     echo "Copied new password to clipboard: "
     echo "$new_password"