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Q&A How do you generate arbitrary random numbers from /dev/random?

Suppose I want to get random numbers from /dev/random with basic CLI tools. Is there a way to do it, that's easier to type and read than python -c 'import random; print(100 + 200*random.random())'?...

1 answer  ·  posted 1mo ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  last activity 1mo ago by r~~‭

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Q&A How do you generate random strings from /dev/random?

Of course every language has some kind of random library... But can you generate custom random strings with just basic CLI tools? For example, we have /dev/random which provides a stream of random...

1 answer  ·  posted 1mo ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  last activity 1mo ago by matthewsnyder‭

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