Renamed to list-passwords.ps1

Scripts/list-passwords.ps1

@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
 #!/snap/bin/powershell
 
-# Syntax:	./passwords.ps1
+# Syntax:	./list-passwords.ps1
 # Description:	generates and prints a list of new passwords
 # Author:	Markus Fleschutz
 # Source:	github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
 # License:	CC0
  
-$NumPasswords = 20
 $CharsPerPassword = 15
 $MinCharCode = 33
 $MaxCharCode = 126
+$NumLines = 24
+$NumColumns = 6
 
 function new_password() {
 	$password = ""
@@ -21,9 +22,12 @@ function new_password() {
 }
 
 try {
-	for ($j = 0; $j -lt $NumPasswords; $j++) {
-		$password = new_password
-		write-output $password
+	for ($j = 0; $j -lt $NumLines; $j++) {
+		for ($k = 0; $k -lt $NumColumns; $k++) {
+			$password = new_password
+			Write-Host -NoNewline "$password   "
+		}
+		Write-Host ""
 	}
 	exit 0
 } catch {

Scripts/password.ps1

@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-#!/snap/bin/powershell
-
-# Syntax:	./password.ps1
-# Description:	generates and prints a single new password
-# Author:	Markus Fleschutz
-# Source:	github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
-# License:	CC0
- 
-$CharsPerPassword = 15
-$MinCharCode = 33
-$MaxCharCode = 126
-
-function new_password() {
-	$password = ""
-	$generator = New-Object System.Random
-	for ($i = 0; $i -lt $CharsPerPassword; $i++) {
-		$password = $password +[char]$generator.next($MinCharCode,$MaxCharCode)
-	}
-	return $password
-}
-
-try {
-	$password = new_password
-	write-output $password
-	exit 0
-} catch {
-	Write-Error "ERROR in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"
-	exit 1
-}