LINUX: Chpasswd One Line Command To Update Password Without Prompt To Enter Password (Passwd)

Below chpasswd command can be used. Change username with the username to which you want to change password and password with the desired password you want to test.

echo "username:password" | chpasswd

For e.g. to change admin user password to testpwd, your command will look as follows

echo "admin:testpwd" | chpasswd

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