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Build a Command-Line Password Generator in Python

Generate cryptographically strong random passwords using Python's secrets module and print them for command-line use.

secrets password-generator automation
Python
import secrets
import string

def generate_password(length=16):
    """Generate a cryptographically strong random password."""
    alphabet = string.ascii_letters + string.digits + string.punctuation
    password = ''.join(secrets.choice(alphabet) for _ in range(length))
    return password

if __name__ == "__main__":…
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