David, Your approach seems to have worked for me, too, except the format on Mac OS X for head seems different.
SEED =: 2!:0 'head -c 8 /dev/random' 256 #. x: a.i. SEED 12176610900634073815 SEED =: 2!:0 'head --bytes=8 /dev/random' head: illegal option -- - usage: head [-n lines | -c bytes] [file ...] |interface error | SEED=: 2!:0'head --bytes=8 /dev/random' On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 10:50 AM, David Ward Lambert <[email protected]> wrote: > NB. This trick works for me: > > SEED =: 2!:0 'head --bytes=8 /dev/random' > > 256 #. x: a.i. SEED > 6185367602794180201 > -- (B=) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
