Quick Script Share - Get-RandomPW - Create Random Passwords
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Quick Script Share - Get-RandomPW - Create Random Passwords
I had a need to repeatedly create random passwords of varying lengths. To satisfy this need, I wrote the following basic script.
function Get-RandomPW
{
param
(
[int]$Length = 16
)
$arrChars = 'abcdefghkmnprstuvwxyzABCDEFGHKLMNPRSTUVWXYZ123456789!@#$%^&*()-=_+'.ToCharArray()
$sRandomString = -join $(1..$Length | Foreach-Object { Get-Random -InputObject $arrChars })
return $sRandomString
}
On line 1, you can see I named my function Get-RandomPW which I did because I like following the standard Verb-Noun naming scheme that PowerShell functions and cmdlets are supposed to follow. On lines 3 through 6, I’m declaring my only parameter, $Length. $Length is an integer which will represent the length of the password we want. By default, I create a 16 character password.
On line 7, $arrChars is declared and assigned the value of all the valid characters for my password. I list all the characters in one big string and convert to a Char array because it’s easier to look at and manage, in my opinion.
On line 8, I finally build the password. For all the numbers between 1 and $Length, I’m getting a random item from $arrChars. The result of that is an array, so I use the -join method to create a string from the array. On line 9, I return the password I built.
Here’s what the script looks like in action.
PS C:\> Get-RandomPW
ks1NWkgU4NLmeAv^
PS C:\> Get-RandomPW -Length 10
LMHCLFE2Ds
PS C:\> Get-RandomPW -Length 32
$76Gu3xRD$5GDgwe@nE_Ah#63ZSSd=+W
PS C:\> 1..10 | Foreach-Object { Get-RandomPW -Length 8 }
FtU59d42
dvbpGx9f
&&2&8K=x
@SRK$3m6
57A)*%Pc
RhEHAamX
mTfYV2cB
@h)GR1kb
%tUb^KZD
sxb^bZ)&
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