manpage.rst

title:	diceware
title_upper:	DICEWARE
subtitle:	create passphrases
manual_section:	1
manual_group:	User Commands
Date:	September 2017
Version:	diceware 0.9.4.dev0
Author:	Written by Uli Fouquet and contributors

synopsis

diceware [OPTION]... [FILE]

description

diceware generates passphrases by concatenating words randomly picked from wordlists. It supports also real dice for passphrase generation.

It is based on the proposals of Arnold G. Reinhold on http://diceware.com.

options

positional arguments:

FILE

optional input wordlist. '-' will read from stdin. Should contain one word per line.

optional arguments:

-h, --help

show help message and exit

-n NUM, --num NUM

number of words to concatenate. Default 6

-c, --caps

Capitalize words. This is the default.

--no-caps

Turn off capitalization.

-s NUM, --specials NUM

Insert NUM special chars into generated word.

-d DELIMITER, --delimiter DELIMITER

Separate words by DELIMITER. Empty string by default.

-r SOURCE, --randomsource SOURCE

Get randomness from this source. Possible values: realdice, system. Default: system

-w NAME, --wordlist NAME

Use words from this wordlist. Possible values: en, en_eff, en_orig, en_securedrop. Wordlists are stored in the folder displayed below. Default: en_eff

-v, --verbose

Be verbose. Use several times for increased verbosity.

--version

output version information and exit.

Arguments related to realdice randomsource:

--dice-sides N

Number of sides of dice. Default: 6

files

~/.diceware.ini

Your personal diceware configuration file.

diceware also comes with a set of wordlists. The path where these lists are stored is showed with --help.

examples

diceware

Create a passphrase using defaults. Outputs something like "WheelDyeHonkCanvasWitsPuck"

diceware -d "-" -n 3

Create a passphrase with three words, separated by dash ("-"). Results in something like "Wheel-Dye-Honk"

diceware --no-caps

Create a passphrase without capital words. Creates something like "wheel-dye-honk".

diceware -r realdice

Use real dice to create a passphrase. The programm will tell you what to do (roll dice and tell what numbers appear) and in the end present a passphrase.

diceware mywordlist.txt

Create a passphrase with words from file "mywordlist.txt". The file should contain one word on each line.

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