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NAME

diceware - generate passphrases you will remember

DESCRIPTION

usage: diceware [-h] [-n NUM] [-c | --no-caps] [-s NUM] [-d DELIMITER]
[-r SOURCE] [-w NAME] [--dice-sides N] [-v] [--version] [INFILE]

Create a passphrase

positional arguments:

INFILE
Input wordlist. `-' will read from stdin.

optional arguments:

-h, --help
show this help message and exit
-n NUM, --num NUM
number of words to concatenate. Default: 6
-c, --caps
Capitalize words. This is the default.
--no-caps
Turn off capitalization.
-s NUM, --specials NUM
Insert NUM special chars into generated word.
-d DELIMITER, --delimiter DELIMITER
Separate words by DELIMITER. Empty string by default.
-r SOURCE, --randomsource SOURCE
Get randomness from this source. Possible values: `realdice', `system'. Default: system
-w NAME, --wordlist NAME
Use words from this wordlist. Possible values: `en', `en_eff', `en_orig', `en_securedrop'. Wordlists are stored in the folder displayed below. Default: en_securedrop
-v, --verbose
Be verbose. Use several times for increased verbosity.
--version
output version information and exit.
--dice-sides N
Number of sides of dice. Default: 6

Wordlists are stored in /home/drebs/dev/diceware/debian/dicewaredebian/diceware/wordlists

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2015, 2016, 2017 Uli Fouquet
diceware is based on suggestions of Arnold G. Reinhold.
See http://diceware.com for details.
'Diceware' is a trademark of Arnold G. Reinhold.
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
January 2017 diceware 0.9.1