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randstr.sh (369B)

      1 #!/bin/sh
      2 # randstr
      3 # description: generate a random string of size $1 (default: 10)
      4 # e.g.$ randstr 10
      5 
      6 if [ "$1" = "-h" ] || [ "$1" = "--help" ]; then
      7 	echo "Usage: randstr [SIZE]"
      8 	echo ""
      9 	echo "print a random string of SIZE length (default: 10)"
     10 	exit
     11 fi
     12 
     13 len=10
     14 if [ $1 ]; then len=$1; fi
     15 
     16 echo $(cat /dev/urandom | tr -dc "a-zA-Z0-9" | fold -w $len | head -n 1)