#!/bin/bash # bash generate random alphanumeric string # # bash generate random 32 character alphanumeric string (upper and lowercase) and NEW_UUID=$(cat /dev/urandom | tr -dc 'a-zA-Z0-9' | fold -w 32 | head -n 1) # bash generate random 32 character alphanumeric string (lowercase only) cat /dev/urandom | tr -dc 'a-zA-Z0-9' | fold -w 32 | head -n 1 # Random numbers in a range, more randomly distributed than $RANDOM which is not # very random in terms of distribution of numbers. # bash generate random number between 0 and 9 cat /dev/urandom | tr -dc '0-9' | fold -w 256 | head -n 1 | head --bytes 1 # bash generate random number between 0 and 99 NUMBER=$(cat /dev/urandom | tr -dc '0-9' | fold -w 256 | head -n 1 | sed -e 's/^0*//' | head --bytes 2) if [ "$NUMBER" == "" ]; then NUMBER=0 fi # bash generate random number between 0 and 999 NUMBER=$(cat /dev/urandom | tr -dc '0-9' | fold -w 256 | head -n 1 | sed -e 's/^0*//' | head --bytes 3) if [ "$NUMBER" == "" ]; then NUMBER=0 fi