How to generate a random integer with specific range(for example, from 1 to 1000)?
Also, how to convert a floating point number into a integer? (2 Replies)
I want to be able to generate a random number within a korn shell script..
Preferably i would like to be able to state how many digits should be in this random number... ie 4 digits or 5 digits etc
Any ideas? (2 Replies)
I saw this formula to generate random number between two specified values in shell script.the following.
$(((RANDOM%(max-min+divisibleBy))/divisibleBy*divisibleBy+min))
Give a example in book.
Generate random number between 6 and 30.like this.
$(((RANDOM%30/3+1)*3))
But I have a... (1 Reply)
Dear all,
I have a question. I have a txt file say 4000 rows X 1800 Column. I 'd like to creat a new column as the first column which is a column of random numbers (n=4000)
thanks a lot!
Lin (2 Replies)
Hi,
Do anybody knows how to use awk or any command to random print out 1000 number which start from range 1 to 150000?
I know that "rand" in awk can do similar random selection.
But I have no idea how to write a code that can random pick 1000 number from range 1 to 150000 :confused:
... (1 Reply)
Hi there I am trying to generate a random number between 40 and 70 using the shell here is my code so far and it keeps going above 70. all help much appreciated!
comp=$(( RANDOM%70+40 ))
echo $comp (4 Replies)
Hi,
Is anybody experience generate a pair of random number by using awk command?
I wanna to generate a pair of random number (range from 1 to 4124) and repeats it 416 times.
Desired output
2 326
123 1256
341 14
3245 645
.
.
.
I did write the below command:
awk... (5 Replies)
Hi all...
Apologies for any typos, etc...
This took a while but it didn't beat me...
Although there are many methods of generating random numbers in a POSIX shell this uses integer maths and a simple C source to create an executable to get epoch to microseconds accuracy if it is needed. I take... (8 Replies)
Discussion started by: wisecracker
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dzen2-dbar
DBAR(1) General Commands Manual DBAR(1)NAME
dzen2-dbar - simple gadget that you can use in combination with dzen to display a progressbar.
SYNOPSIS
dzen2-dbar [-w characters] [-s symbol] [-min minvalue] [-max maxvalue] [-l string] [-nonl]
DESCRIPTION
dbar is an application that generates semi graphical progress meters, from some values you supply to it.
See the usage examples for a description of the expected input format.
OPTIONS
A summary of options is included below.
-max Value to be considered 100% (default: 100)
-min Value to be considered 0% (default: 0)
-w Number of charcaters to be considered 100% in the bar (default: 25 )
-s Symbol represeting the percentage value in the bar (default: = )
-l label to be prepended to the bar (default: '' )
-nonl no new line, don't put '0 at the end of the bar (default: do print '0)
USAGE EXAMPLES
Static 0% and 100% mark or single value input:
Command: echo 25 | dbar -m 100 -l Sometext
Output: Sometext 25% [====== ]
If your 100% mark changes dynamically or 2-values input:
Command: echo "50 150" | dbar
Output: 33% [======== ]
If your value range is not between [0, maxval] or 3-values input:
Command: echo "50 -25 150" | dbar
Output: 43% [=========== ]
Dbar was written by Robert Manea.
This manual page was written by bertagaz <bertagaz@ptitcanardnoir.org>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).
Jan 01 2008 DBAR(1)