Try this for a 2-byte random number (line may wrap):
echo "ibase=16;" `cat /dev/urandom | head -2c | od -x | fgrep 0000000 | cut -d ' ' -f2
| tr '[a-f]' '[A-F]'` | bc
YAISOLFYOM (roughly expands to Yet Another Incredible Shell One-Liner
>From Ye Olde Monke :)
Regards,
-- Raju aka OldMonk
>>>>> "Chris" == Christopher Vasanth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Chris> Hi there:
Chris> Can anyone show me how to generate a random number in a
Chris> shell script?
Chris> Thanks
Chris> Vasanth
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