> > Omit trailing newline from generated password, so it may be directed > > to a file and used by commandline tools > > What about a "-n" (much like "sophisticated" echo implementations) to > avoid breaking existing usage?
One could also consider the GNU ls dircolor model (--color=tty, the default): prettyprint to tty, straightforward output if redirected. I might be biased by my extremely infrequent use of slappasswd, but I could also see an argument towards holding this to RE24 if it's not "-n" entirely optional style. I'm sure somebody out there is going to need to change a script that already chomps the newline, it'd be nice to not stick them with that on a bugfix release.
