Does Solaris have a random number generator? - SUN Solaris

one_ring99 · #1 (**permalink**) 04-09-2008

I am trying to find a way to generate random numbers within a shell script.
Does Solaris have a utility that will generate random numbers?

Thanks in advance.
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denn · #2 (**permalink**) 04-09-2008

for sh/ksh/bash

Code:

 print $RANDOM

reborg · #3 (**permalink**) 04-09-2008

It really depends on how random you want the data to be, $RANDOM in a tight loop doesn't give great results, reading from /dev/random /dev/urandom will give better results. Perderabo posted a very good random number generator script also.

one_ring99 · #4 (**permalink**) 04-10-2008

Thanks for the tips.
The degree of randomness is not critical for me, so the print $RANDOM is fine.
I found Perderabo's script too, but it's probably more than I need at this stage.

Thanks again to all who replied.
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