To get a random number at a shell script in Unix (I tried this on AIX 5 and it worked) use $RANDOM
echo $RANDOM
26558
echo $RANDOM
16737
echo $RANDOM
11669
Shell Script: Random Number
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1 UNIX Coding School » Blog Archive » unix code [2008-04-05 15:25:07] // Apr 5, 2008 at 3:31 pm
[...] Shell Script: Random Number By jasonslater To get a random number at a shell script in Unix (I tried this on AIX 5 and it worked) use $RANDOM. echo $RANDOM 26558 echo $RANDOM 16737 echo $RANDOM 11669. - http://www.sl8r.co.uk [...]
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