Re: [LIH] Random number in shell script

[Sreeji K Das]

On Mon, 20 Nov 2000, Christopher Vasanth wrote:
> 
> Hi there:
> 
> Can anyone show me how to generate a random number in a shell script?

Simplest, if you are using BASH:
 echo $RANDOM

Otherwise, you can read /dev/random or /dev/urandom. But that'd be tedious
from a shell script.

Sreeji


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