 | | | Shell Script Randomizing? | Shell Script Randomizing? 2006-05-14 - By karlp@(protected)
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On Sat, May 13, 2006 9:06 pm, inode0 said:
> On 5/13/06, karlp@(protected) <karlp@(protected)> wrote:
>> How can I create a random number in a bash shell script? I've done a bit of
>> 'google-ing' and `man random, srandom, initstate, setstate - random number
>> generator` and can't find any suitable answers.
>
> Does the RANDOM variable in bash suit your purposes? See "man bash"
> and search for RANDOM. If not, perhaps you could tell us a bit more
> about what you require.
Cool. Now I can limit the values by dividing the result and using the integer
value of the result.
Thanks John.
Karl
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> John
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