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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
I am using the below to random generate a password but I need to have 2 numeric characters and 6 alphabetic chars
head /dev/urandom | tr -dc A-Za-z0-9 | head -c 8 ; echo ''
6USUvqRB
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Any Help folks - Can the output be passed onto a sed command to... (9 Replies)
Discussion started by: infernalhell
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Dear UNIX Friends,
I was wondering if there is a random RGB color generator or any function in any unix platforms.
Please share your ideas.
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Discussion started by: jacobs.smith
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3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
There was an upload recently on generating a pseudo-random file when /dev/random does NOT exist.
This does not need /dev/random, /dev/urandom or $RANDOM either...
(I assume $RANDOM relies on the /dev/random device in some way.)
This code uses hexdump just because I like hexdump for ease of... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: wisecracker
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Need to use dd to generate a large file from a sample file of random data. This is because I don't have /dev/urandom.
I create a named pipe then:
dd if=mynamed.fifo do=myfile.fifo bs=1024 count=1024
but when I cat a file to the fifo that's 1024 random bytes:
cat randomfile.txt >... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: Devyn
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5. Ubuntu
Hi
I am new to expect. Please if any one can help on my issue its really appreciable. here is my issue:
I want expect script for random passwords and random commands generation.
please can anyone help me?
Many Thanks in advance (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: vanid
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I need a script that will generate a set of random strings in sequence, with the ability to predetermine the length, quantity, and alphabet of individual string, and to use the outputs of earlier strings in the sequence to define the parameters of later strings. For examples, I might want... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: vajrajames
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
I would like to check with grep in this configuration file:
{
"alt-speed-down": 200,
"alt-speed-enabled": true,
"alt-speed-time-begin": 1140,
"alt-speed-time-day": 127,
"...something..." : true,
...
}
"alt-speed-enabled" (the third line of the file) is setted to... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: ciro314
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8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi People,
I need some Help to write a unix script that asks for a sentence to be typed out then with the sentence. Counts the number of spaces within the sentence and then echo's out "The Number Of Spaces In The Sentence is 4" as a example
Thanks
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Discussion started by: charlie101208
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9. Solaris
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.
B (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: one_ring99
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