This a snippet to generate a psuedo random password fast via the command line with OpenSSL. It generates a number of random bytes, which can either be output raw, as Base64 or as HEX. The Base64 output is a good password most of the time.

Base64

openssl rand -base64 NUMBER

HEX

openssl rand -hex NUMBER Examples:

openssl rand -base64 48 aqnZUEcnnkQVGaNmKOFBGlx+TScS5WCNaOlNEvTkluw0//g14ZOwTsjBkaDSYSq6

openssl rand -base64 10 c7UxZgREfmN+bQ==

openssl rand -hex 48 8eb0d5eb8a45e4a4ac60b284d317383e91c9d372e3b67b154155c0a1b183c5deb2e5d6dceb6366704828c494951925d5

openssl rand -hex 8 feedfacedeadbeef