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How to generate password from mac terminal

Use openssl command to generate number of pseudo-random bytes, perform base64 encoding and truncate the result to specified number of characters as it will be padded

openssl rand -base64 16 | colrm 17

output: ebT+2wJlhJomwnCy

openssl rand -base64 8

output: hEFxJh0bnkU=

openssl rand -hex 8

output: a0c6c32b2cb54729

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