Awesome-Python-Scripts/Random_Password_Generator/README.md

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# Programs
## [PasswordGenerator.py](./PasswordGenerator.py)
This program randomly generates a secure password using a mix of letters, both caps on and off, numbers, and punctuation, then outputs the results and saves them as a text document.
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## [createPassword.py](./createPassword.py)
This program uses the Python 3 module `secrets` to create a pseudo random password with alphanumeric, numbers, and special characters. The output will be printed into the terminal.
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# Requirements
* [PasswordGenerator.py](./PasswordGenerator.py) can use Python 3 and higher or Python 2 and higher
* [createPassword.py](./createPassword.py) can run on python 3.6 or higher or for Python 2 do:
* `cd Random_Password_Generator/` to change directory into this folder.
* Create virtual environment with `virtualvenv env`
* do `source venv/bin/activate` to activate virtual environment.
* do `pip install -r requirements.txt` to install python2-secrets
* **TIP**: to deactivate virtual environment, do `deactivate`.
# Usage
For Windows users:
```bash
$ python PasswordGenerator.py
```
For Mac/Linux/Unix users:
```bash
$ ./PasswordGenerator.py
```