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1. 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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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
Could you please let me know what the following code does, I know that it means generating random numbers, however not sure what is the entire purpose.
R=$(($RANDOM % 2))
delay=$(($RANDOM % 10))
if
then
TEXT='X'
else
... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: susankoperna1
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3. 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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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Lets say I want to pick a random file when I do an "ls" command. I don't have set number of files in each directory.
ls | head -1
This gives me the first one in each directory, is there a way to do the same but pick a random one. (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: elbombillo
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi all,
I need a little assistance to complete the following script. I would like to take a file with a single number on each line and for each number, run it through a command. The loop will terminate once all numbers have been checked. Here is what I have thus far...
COUNTER=`wc -l... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: boolean2222
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
I use %random to generate random number but i want to mod it so i get random number below 50 only in ksh script
how can i do it
x=random % 50
doesn't work
help is appreciated.
Is there any other way i get generate random number below 50 in ksh.any other function.
Plz provide an example... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: er_zeeshan05
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
I need to use the $RANDOM command to get a line from a list of lines in a file randomly.
file is
help
go
three
house
film
how do i randomly get one word without looking into the file? (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: relle
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi, here's what I'm trying to do,
I used awk to separate numbers from a file into a list like this:
4536
23426
452
7647
35637
35635
35653
Now I need to randomly select one of this numbers, and make it a variable.
Any ideas on how to do this??
Thank you! (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: Kweekwom
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
My problem is as follow and i hope you can help:
I currently have this function:
stored_word()
{
number=$RANDOM
let "number %= 21"
case $number in
0 ) echo "energy" ;; 1 ) echo "touch" ;;
2 ) echo "climbing" ;; 3 ) echo "declare" ;;
4 ) echo "marry" ;; 5 ) echo "relax" ... (8 Replies)
Discussion started by: keyvan
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10. AIX
hello
I must to create a ksh script to give a random password with letter, number, and 8 digits.
I can't use the random command with ksh, there is a similar command ?
thank you (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: pascalbout
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