Invoke-PasswordifyPhrase.ps1
19 Sep 2025Description
Purpose
Replaces characters in a supplied phrase to obscure the characters and adds the result to the clipboard.
Detailed Description
Replaces characters in a supplied phrase to obscure the characters and adds the result to the clipboard.
Usage
Example 1
Invoke-PasswordifyPhrase "SecureMyPassphraseAndMakeItAwesome"
Notes
Author: Rob Green
Script
function Invoke-PasswordifyPhrase {
<#
.SYNOPSIS
Replaces characters in a supplied phrase to obscure the characters and adds the result to the clipboard.
.DESCRIPTION
Replaces characters in a supplied phrase to obscure the characters and adds the result to the clipboard.
.PARAMETER Phrase
Phrase to passwordify.
.PARAMETER AllowNumericToAlphaConversion
If supplied then any numeric characters defined in the conversion table can be converted to alpha characters.
.PARAMETER DisallowAlphaCaseChange
If supplied then alpha characters casing can not be changed.
.PARAMETER DisallowConversionToSpecialCharacters
If supplied then any characters defined in the conversion table can not be converted to special characters if available.
.PARAMETER SpecialCharactersAllowed
If supplied then only special characters within this array will be used as replacements.
.PARAMETER NoClipboard
If supplied the output will not be written to the clipboard
.EXAMPLE
Invoke-PasswordifyPhrase "SecureMyPassphraseAndMakeItAwesome"
.OUTPUTS
System.String. Phrase, passwordified :)
.NOTES
Author: Rob Green
.INPUTS
You can pipe objects to these perameters.
- Phrase [string]
#>
param (
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true, ValueFromPipeline = $true, HelpMessage = "Phrase to passwordify.")]
[string]$Phrase,
[Parameter(Mandatory = $false, ValueFromPipeline = $false, HelpMessage = "If supplied then any numeric characters defined in the conversion table can be converted to alpha characters.")]
[switch]$AllowNumericToAlphaConversion,
[Parameter(Mandatory = $false, ValueFromPipeline = $false, HelpMessage = "If supplied then alpha characters casing can not be changed.")]
[switch]$DisallowAlphaCaseChange,
[Parameter(Mandatory = $false, ValueFromPipeline = $false, HelpMessage = "If supplied then any characters defined in the conversion table can not be converted to special characters if available.")]
[switch]$DisallowConversionToSpecialCharacters,
[Parameter(Mandatory = $false, ValueFromPipeline = $false, HelpMessage = "If supplied then only special characters within this array will be used as replacements.")]
[string[]]$SpecialCharactersAllowed = $null,
[Parameter(Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage="If supplied the output will not be written to the clipboard")]
[switch]$NoClipboard
)
function RandChar {
param (
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true, ValueFromPipeline = $true, HelpMessage = "Phrase to passwordify.")]
[string]$Char
)
$allowed = @()
if ($hashTable.ContainsKey($Char)) {
foreach ($c in $hashTable[$Char]) {
if (($DisallowConversionToSpecialCharacters.IsPresent) -and (-not ($c -match "[a-zA-Z0-9]"))) {
continue
}
if (($null -ne $SpecialCharactersAllowed) -and (-not ($c -match "[a-zA-Z0-9]") -and (-not ($SpecialCharactersAllowed -contains $c)))) {
continue
}
if (($DisallowAlphaCaseChange.IsPresent) -and ((($c -match "[a-z]") -and ($Char -match "[A-Z]")) -or (($c -match "[A-Z]") -and ($Char -match "[a-z]")))) {
continue
}
$allowed += $c
}
if ($null -ne $allowed -and $allowed.length -gt 0) {
return get-random $allowed
}
}
return $Char
}
$hashTable = New-Object System.Collections.HashTable
$hashTable.b = @("b", "B", "8")
$hashTable.B = @("b", "B", "8")
$hashTable.e = @("e", "E", "3")
$hashTable.E = @("e", "E", "3")
$hashTable.i = @("i", "I", "1", "|", "!")
$hashTable.I = @("i", "I", "1", "|", "!")
$hashTable.l = @("l", "L", "1", "|", "!")
$hashTable.L = @("l", "L", "1", "|", "!")
$hashTable.o = @("o", "O", "0")
$hashTable.O = @("o", "O", "0")
$hashTable.s = @("s", "S", "5", "$")
$hashTable.S = @("s", "S", "5", "$")
$hashTable.t = @("t", "T", "7")
$hashTable.T = @("t", "T", "7")
if ($AllowNumericToAlphaConversion.IsPresent) {
$hashTable.0 = @("o", "O", "0")
$hashTable.1 = @("L", "l", "i", "I", "|", "!")
$hashTable.3 = @("e", "E", "3")
$hashTable.5 = @("s", "S", "5", "$")
$hashTable.7 = @("t", "T", "7")
$hashTable.8 = @("b", "B", "8")
}
if (-not $DisallowAlphaCaseChange.IsPresent) {
$lowerAlpha = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
$upperAlpha = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
for ($i = 0; $i -lt $lowerAlpha.length; $i++) {
if (-not $hashTable.ContainsKey($lowerAlpha[$i])) {
$hashTable.Add($lowerAlpha[$i], @($lowerAlpha[$i], $upperAlpha[$i]))
}
}
for ($i = 0; $i -lt $upperAlpha.length; $i++) {
if (-not $hashTable.ContainsKey($upperAlpha[$i])) {
$hashTable.Add($upperAlpha[$i], @($upperAlpha[$i], $lowerAlpha[$i]))
}
}
}
$passwordified = ''
$char = for ($i = 0; $i -lt $phrase.length; $i++) {
$passwordified = "$passwordified$(RandChar -Char $phrase[$i])"
}
Write-Host $passwordified
if (-Not $NoClipboard.IsPresent) {
$passwordified | Set-Clipboard
Write-Host("passwordified phrase copied to clipboard")
}
}
# uncomment to test
# Invoke-PasswordifyPhrase "SecureMyPassphraseAndMakeItAwesome" -DisallowConversionToSpecialCharacters
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