1 .Dd May 30, 2023
2 .Dt GPASS 1
3 .Os
4 .Sh NAME
5 .Nm gpass
6 .Nd generate passphrases
7 .Sh SYNOPSIS
8 .Nm
9 .Op Fl d Ar dict
10 .Op Fl e Ar bits
11 .Op Fl n Ar num
12 .Sh DESCRIPTION
13 The utility
14 .Nm
15 outputs a secure passphrase by randomly choosing an appropriate number of lines
16 from a dictionary file, containing whitespace-separated words.
17 The options are as follows:
18 .Bl -tag -width Ds
19 .It Fl d Ar dict
20 Use the dictionary
21 .Ar dict .
22 .It Fl e Ar bits
23 Generate a passphrase with at least the specified number of
24 .Ar bits
25 of entropy.
26 Default is 70.
27 .It Fl n Ar num
28 Generate
29 .Ar num
30 passphrases instead of just one.
31 .El
32 .Sh ENVIRONMENT
33 .Bl -tag -width PM_PRIVKEY
34 .It Ev GPASS_DIC
35 Path to the dictionary file to use unless the option
36 .Fl d
37 is specified.
38 .El
39 .Sh FILES
40 .Bl -tag -width Ds
41 .It Pa PREFIX/share/gpass/eff.long
42 The default dictionary file.
43 .El
44 .Sh AUTHORS
45 .An Alexander Arkhipov Aq Mt aa@manpager.net .
46 .Sh EXIT STATUS
47 .Ex -std