Generate random numbers in specific range
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After googling a bit I couldn't find a simple way to use a shell command to generate a random decimal integer number included in a specific range, that is between a minimum and a maximum.
I read about
/dev/random
, /dev/urandom
and $RANDOM
, but none of these can do what I need.
Is there another useful command, or a way to use the previous data?
Asked by BowPark
(5155 rep)
Jul 4, 2014, 12:18 PM
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