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Check the pwnedpasswords.com database for breached passwords from your local terminal
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| read -s -p "Enter password to check: " password | |
| echo "" | |
| echo "Checking that password..." | |
| hash=$(echo -n "$password" | openssl sha1 | tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]') | |
| curl -s "https://api.pwnedpasswords.com/range/$(echo $hash | head -c5)"|\ | |
| grep $(echo $hash | cut -c 6-) |\ | |
| awk '{split($0,a,":"); print "Your password has been found in the breach database"} END { if (!NR) print "Password not found in database"}' |
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