private/helpers/New-Password.ps1
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function New-Password { <# .SYNOPSIS Generate a new password. .DESCRIPTION Generate a new password from a set of characters. .PARAMETER PasswordLength Length of the password. .EXAMPLE New-Password -Length 20; #> [cmdletbinding()] [OutputType([string])] param ( # Length of the password. [Parameter(Mandatory = $false, Position = 0, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName = $true)] [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] [int]$PasswordLength = 20 ) BEGIN { # Write to log. $customProgress = Write-CustomProgress -Activity $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Name -CurrentOperation 'Generating new password'; } PROCESS { # Password to return. [string]$password = ('ABCDEFGHIJKLMNPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghjkmopqstuvwxyz123456789!@'.ToCharArray() | Get-Random -Count $PasswordLength) -join ''; } END { # Write to log. Write-CustomProgress @customProgress; # Return result. return $password; } } |