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Get-PasswordCombination

24/09/2018 by Stephanos Leave a Comment

Get-PasswordCombination

Description

Get-PasswordCombination creates all possible passwords based on the character set and parameters that you will use and provides the results in the output. If you will not pipe the results in another cmdlet, the generated password will appear in console.

Note: You need to install DictionaryFile module version 2.0 in order for this cmdlet to be available. For more information, see PowerShell Module DictionaryFile v2.0.

Syntax:

Get-PasswordCombination
    [-CharacterSet] <String>
    [-MinCharacters] <UInt32>
    [-MaxCharacters] <UInt32>
    [-IncludeCapital]
    [-CapitalOnly]
    [<CommonParameters>]

If you want to find more about the specific cmdlet while you are in PowerShell you can use the below to get the help file.

Code:

Get-Help Get-PasswordCombination

Output:

PowerShell Module DictionaryFile v2.0 - Get-Help - Get-PasswordCombination

Now lets see few examples about Get-PasswordCombination.

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Examples

Example 1

In this example we will create passwords for the characters set “a,b,c” with minimum number of characters one and maximum number of characters 2

PS C:\> Get-PasswordCombination -CharacterSet "a,b,c" -MinCharacters 1 -MaxCharacters 2
a
b
c
aa
ab
ac
ba
bb
bc
ca
cb
cc

Example 2

For this example we are using the same characters set as example 1 but we will include also the capital letters.

PS C:\> Get-PasswordCombination -CharacterSet "a,b,c" -MinCharacters 1 -MaxCharacters 2 -IncludeCapital
a
b
c
A
B
C
aa
ab
ac
aA
aB
aC
ba
bb
bc
bA
bB
bC
ca
cb
cc
cA
cB
cC
Aa
Ab
Ac
AA
AB
AC
Ba
Bb
Bc
BA
BB
BC
Ca
Cb
Cc
CA
CB
CC

Example 3

Here we will see that we will have only the capital letters of our character set.

PS C:\> Get-PasswordCombination -CharacterSet "a,b,c" -MinCharacters 1 -MaxCharacters 2 -CapitalOnly
A
B
C
AA
AB
AC
BA
BB
BC
CA
CB
CC

Example 4

For this example instead of using the characters one by one. I am providing the whole alphabet. Note that I have removed some records from the output and replaced it with “…”

PS C:\> Get-PasswordCombination -CharacterSet "alphabet" -MinCharacters 1 -MaxCharacters 3
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
k
l
m
n
...
xu
xv
xw
xx
xy
xz
ya
yb
yc
yd
ye
yf
yg
...
zzz

Example 5

You are allowed also to have a specific pattern in your generated passwords, by providing more that one characters between the comma.

PS C:\> Get-PasswordCombination "av,b,c" -MinCharacters 2 -MaxCharacters 2
avav
avb
avc
bav
bb
bc
cav
cb
cc

Example 6

Input can also be provided through the pipeline.

PS C:\> "a,b,c" | Get-PasswordCombination -MinCharacters 2 -MaxCharacters 2
aa
ab
ac
ba
bb
bc
ca
cb
cc

Example 7

You are able also to use the command in combination with other cmdlets either to perform some filtering or any other processing.

PS C:\> Get-PasswordCombination -CharacterSet "ad,b,c" -MinCharacters 3 -MaxCharacters 3 | Where-Object {$_ -like "*db*"}
adadb
adbad
adbb
adbc
badb
cadb

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Required Parameters

  • -CharacterSet
    • Description: Specifies the characters (letters, numbers, symbols) that need to be included.
    • Required: True
    • Position: 1
    • Default value: None
    • Accept pipeline input: True (ByValue)
    • Accept wildcard characters: False
  • -MinCharacters
    • Description: Specifies the minimum characters of the generated passwords.
    • Required: True
    • Position: 2
    • Default value: 0
    • Accept pipeline input: False
    • Accept wildcard characters: False
  • -MaxCharacters 
    • Description: Specifies the maximum characters of the generated passwords.
    • Required: True
    • Position: 3
    • Default value: 0
    • Accept pipeline input: False
    • Accept wildcard characters: False

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Optional Parameters

  • -IncludeCapital
    • Description: Specifies whether or not to include upper case letters along with the lower case letters.
    • Required: false
    • Position: named
    • Default value: False
    • Accept pipeline input: False
    • Accept wildcard characters: False
  • -CapitalOnly 
    • Specifies whether or not all lower case letters to be converted to upper case letters.
    • Required: False
    • Position: named
    • Default value: False
    • Accept pipeline input: False
    • Accept wildcard characters: False

Inputs

System.String.

Get-PasswordCombination can accept a string value to determine the CharacterSet parameter.

Outputs

System.String.

Get-PasswordCombination returns the generated password.

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Related Links

  • PowerShell Module DictionaryFile v 2.0
  • Get-PasswordNumber
  • New-DictionaryFile
  • Get-DictionaryFile
  • PowerShell Gallery | DictionaryFile 2.0
  • GitHub – SConstantinou/DictionaryFile

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