1 .Dd July 14, 2022
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 newline-separated dictionary file. The options are as follows:
17 .Bl -tag -width Ds
18 .It Fl d Ar dict
19 Use the dictionary
20 .Ar dict .
21 .It Fl e Ar bits
22 Generate a passphrase with at least the specified number of
23 .Ar bits
24 of entropy. Default is 70.
25 .It Fl n Ar num
26 Generate
27 .Ar num
28 passphrases instead of just one.
29 .El
30 .Sh ENVIRONMENT
31 .Bl -tag -width PM_PRIVKEY
32 .It Ev GPASS_DIC
33 Path to the dictionary file to use unless the option
34 .Fl d
35 is specified.
36 .El
37 .Sh FILES
38 .Bl -tag -width Ds
39 .It Pa PREFIX/share/gpass/eff.long
40 The default dictionary file.
41 .Sh EXIT STATUS
42 .Ex -std