
How to generate a random string? - Unix & Linux Stack Exchange
Sep 19, 2015 · 221 To generate a random password you can use pwgen: pwgen generates random, meaningless but pronounceable passwords. These passwords contain either only lowercase letters, …
Using /dev/random, /dev/urandom to generate random data
Mar 11, 2016 · 28 I'm looking for ways to use /dev/random (or /dev/urandom) from the command line. In particular, I'd like to know how to use such a stream as stdin to write streams of random numbers to …
random string (variable) generator based on user input
Nov 17, 2022 · Using pwgen an xargs, and using a number that is given as a command line argument for the number of repetitions: #!/bin/sh pwgen -A 16 "$1" | xargs -I {} docker run --name {} other …
Generate strings from regular expression in bash - Unix & Linux Stack ...
Jan 13, 2023 · Now, as a more direct answer to your question, for such a simple regexp, you can use the String::Random module of perl (in a libstring-random-perl package in Debian-based …
How do I create random hex digits without spaces?
May 12, 2017 · Also see: How to get a random string of 32 hexadecimal digits through command line?
Choose random string from a few and set it as a variable?
Nov 4, 2015 · I have a few strings, and I want to set a variable to one of them, randomly. Say the strings are test001, test002, test003 and test004. If I set it like normal I'd obviously do it like this: test=
How to generate random master password? - Unix & Linux Stack …
Jan 23, 2023 · I want to generate a secure random password for the encrypted Linux system. What offline tools should I use? Any advice if I should use xkcdpass, apg, diceware, or another utility, and …
How to generate a random string in a profile alias?
Jul 21, 2015 · But it turns out this generates always the same string (in this case: directory). I figured out already this seems to be related to source 'ing the profile file and only generates a new random string …
Create unique random numbers (UUIDs) in bash - Unix & Linux Stack …
Feb 14, 2019 · There are two types of UUIDs which uuidgen can generate: time-based UUIDs and random-based UUIDs. By default uuidgen will generate a random-based UUID if a high-quality …
how to use openssl random key in bash script?
May 13, 2019 · Using a generating algorithm is one thing, storing the output value is another. The Base64 representation of a random number is just as random as the initial number. In practice as per …