#!/bin/bash # Desc: Generate passphrase with specified number of bits of entropy # Usage: bknpass [integer] # Example: bknpass 256 # Result: 9tnzcl0m4dsm22a95525zj93jj # Version: 0.2.1 # Depends: bash 5.1.8, GNU coreutils 8.32, bc 1.07.1, awk 5.1.0 # License: # `bknpass`, an alphanumeric password generator # Copyright (C) 2022 Steven Baltakatei Sandoval (baltakatei.com) # # 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 # 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. # # A copy of the GNU General Public License may be found at # . yell() { echo "$0: $*" >&2; } # print script path and all args to stderr die() { yell "$*"; exit 111; } # same as yell() but non-zero exit status try() { "$@" || die "cannot $*"; } # runs args as command, reports args if command fails showUsage() { # Desc: Display script usage information # Usage: showUsage # Version 0.0.1 # Input: none # Output: stdout # Depends: GNU-coreutils 8.30 (cat) cat <<'EOF' USAGE: bknpass [int entropy_bit_count] EXAMPLE: bknpass 128 EOF }; # Display information on how to use this script. main() { # Desc: main program # Usage: main "$@" # Input: $1: integer bits of entropy # Output: stdout: string passphrase # Depends: bash 5.1.8, GNU coreutils 8.32, bc 1.07.1, awk 5.1.0 # Ref/Attrib: [1] "Check existence of input argument in a Bash shell script". https://stackoverflow.com/a/6482403 # [2] "How do I test if a variable is a number in Bash?". https://stackoverflow.com/a/806923 # [3] "Round a Number in a Bash Script". https://bits.mdminhazulhaque.io/linux/round-number-in-bash-script.html # [4] "Logarithms in GNU bc". https://web.archive.org/web/20210211050732/http://phodd.net/gnu-bc/bcfaq.html#bclog # [5] "BIP 173". Note: bech32 charset. https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0173.mediawiki # [6] "Bash Function to generate random password". https://www.thegeekstuff.com/2010/04/unix-bash-function-examples/ charset="qpzry9x8gf2tvdw0s3jn54khce6mua7l"; # bech32. See [5]. charset="$(tr -s "$charset" < <(echo -n "$charset"))"; # remove repeat chars alphabet_size="$(echo -n "$charset" | wc -c)"; # number of unique chars log_base=2; # entropy unit base (i.e. 2 for "bits of entropy") # Check inputs if [[ $# -gt 1 ]]; then showUsage; die "ERROR:Too many arguments:$#"; fi; # Check for bc if ! command -v bc 1>/dev/null 2>&1; then die "ERROR:bc not available"; fi; ## Get entropy_bit_count if [[ -z "$1" ]]; then ### prompt user showUsage; echo -n "Please specify the required strength of the password in bits of entropy (ex: 256):" 1>&2; # prompt via stderr read -r entropy_bit_count else entropy_bit_count="$1"; fi; # See [1]. ## Check entropy_bit_count pattern="^[0-9]+$"; if ! [[ $entropy_bit_count =~ $pattern ]] ; then die "ERROR:Not an integer:$entropy_bit_count"; fi; # See [2] ## Calculate minimum count of chars needed for passphrase as float using 'bc' ### Solve ln(a^n)/ln(2)=b for n where: ### a=$alphabet_size ### n=$char_count_float ### b=$entropy_bit_count char_count_float="$(echo "$entropy_bit_count*l($log_base)/l($alphabet_size)" | bc -l)"; # See [4] ## Round $char_count_float to next highest integer char_count="$(echo "$char_count_float" | awk '{print ($0-int($0)>0)?int($0)+1:int($0)}')"; # See [3] ## Generate and output passphrase echo "$(LC_ALL=C tr -cd "$charset" < /dev/urandom | head -c "$char_count")"; # See [6] }; # main program ( main "$@" ); # run 'main()' in subshell for 'die()' portability of script as sourced bash function. #==References== # # - How to echo a string as stderr instead of stdout. # https://stackoverflow.com/a/2990533 # Author: James Roth # Date: 2010-06-07T14:52Z # Date Accessed: 2020-01-20 # # - How to check if script argument exists or not. # https://stackoverflow.com/a/6482403 # Author: phoxix # Date: 2011-06-26T05:55Z # Date Accessed: 2020-01-20 # # - How to check that a string is an integer using regular expression test. # https://stackoverflow.com/a/806923 # Author: Charles Duffy # Date: 2009-04-30T13:32Z # Date Accessed: 2020-01-20 # # - How to use `bc` to calculate logarithms in Bash # http://phodd.net/gnu-bc/bcfaq.html#bashlog # Author: unknown # Date Accessed: 2020-01-20 # # - How to use `awk` to convert and round up a float to an integer. # https://bits.mdminhazulhaque.io/linux/round-number-in-bash-script.html # Author: Md. Minhazul Haque # Date: 2015-01-09 # Date Accessed: 2020-01-20 # # - How to use `/dev/urandom`, `tr`, and `head` to generate a random password in Bash. # https://www.thegeekstuff.com/2010/04/unix-bash-function-examples/ # Author: SASIKALA, Ramesh Natarajan # Date: 2010-04-21 # Date Accessed: 2020-01-20 # # - Bech32 base32 charset # https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0173.mediawiki # Author: Pieter Wuille # Date: 2017-03-20 # License: BSD-2-Clause # Date: Accessed: 2021-01-23 # # - Dependencies: bash, bc, echo, awk, tr, head # # - GNU bash, version 5.1.8(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) # Copyright (C) 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc. # License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later # This is free software; you are free to change and redistribute it. # There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. # # - bc 1.07.1 # Copyright 1991-1994, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2012-2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc. # # - echo (GNU coreutils) 8.32 # Copyright (C) 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc. # License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later . # This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. # There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. # # Written by Brian Fox and Chet Ramey. # # - GNU Awk 5.1.0, API: 3.0 (GNU MPFR 4.1.0, GNU MP 6.2.1) # Copyright (C) 1989, 1991-2020 Free Software Foundation. # # 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/. # # - tr (GNU coreutils) 8.32 # Copyright (C) 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc. # License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later . # This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. # There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. # # Written by Jim Meyering. # # - head (GNU coreutils) 8.32 # Copyright (C) 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc. # License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later . # This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. # There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. # # Written by David MacKenzie and Jim Meyering.