--- /dev/null
+#!/usr/bin/env php
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * Drupal hash script - to generate a hash from a plaintext password
+ *
+ * @param password1 [password2 [password3 ...]]
+ * Plain-text passwords in quotes (or with spaces backslash escaped).
+ */
+
+use Drupal\Core\DrupalKernel;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
+
+if (PHP_SAPI !== 'cli') {
+ return;
+}
+
+if (version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '5.4.5') < 0) {
+ $version = PHP_VERSION;
+ echo <<<EOF
+
+ERROR: This script requires at least PHP version 5.4.5. You invoked it with
+ PHP version {$version}.
+\n
+EOF;
+ exit;
+}
+
+$script = basename(array_shift($_SERVER['argv']));
+
+if (in_array('--help', $_SERVER['argv']) || empty($_SERVER['argv'])) {
+ echo <<<EOF
+
+Generate Drupal password hashes from the shell.
+
+Usage: {$script} [OPTIONS] "<plan-text password>"
+Example: {$script} "mynewpassword"
+
+All arguments are long options.
+
+ --help Print this page.
+
+ "<password1>" ["<password2>" ["<password3>" ...]]
+
+ One or more plan-text passwords enclosed by double quotes. The
+ output hash may be manually entered into the
+ {users_field_data}.pass field to change a password via SQL to a
+ known value.
+
+
+EOF;
+ exit;
+}
+
+// Password list to be processed.
+$passwords = $_SERVER['argv'];
+
+$autoloader = require __DIR__ . '/../../autoload.php';
+
+$request = Request::createFromGlobals();
+$kernel = DrupalKernel::createFromRequest($request, $autoloader, 'prod', FALSE);
+$kernel->boot();
+
+$password_hasher = $kernel->getContainer()->get('password');
+
+foreach ($passwords as $password) {
+ print("\npassword: $password \t\thash: ". $password_hasher->hash($password) ."\n");
+}
+print("\n");
+