If you want some interactivity (bash): read -rp "SSID: " ssid read -rsp "Password: " pass echo -e "\n" qrencode -t utf8 "WIFI:T:WPA;S:$ssid;P:$

If you want some interactivity (bash): read -rp "SSID: " ssid read -rsp "Password: " pass echo -e "\n" qrencode -t utf8 "WIFI:T:WPA;S:$ssid;P:$pass;;" echo "SSID: $ssid" Even better, generate a PDF with emojis and all! #!/usr/bin/env bash out="${1:-wifi-card.pdf}" read -rp "SSID: " ssid read -rsp "Password: " pass echo -e "\nGenerating PDF..." { cat << EOF <table> <tr> <td><img src="data:image/png;base64,$(qrencode -o - -t png "WIFI:T:WPA;S:$ssid;P:$pass;;" | base64)"></td> <td><span>SSID: $ssid</span><br><span>Password: $pass</span></td> </tr> </table> <p> <img width=16 height=16 src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/iamcal/emoji-data/master/img-apple-64/1f4f8.png"> <img width=16 height=16 src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/iamcal/emoji-data/master/img-apple-64/1f4f1.png"> Point your phone's camera at the QR Code to connect automatically. </p> EOF } | pandoc --pdf-engine=xelatex -f html -t pdf -o "$out" echo "$out" I used those GitHub URLs for the emojis because pandoc was being weird about the unicode versions.