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Write a bash script that generates a random sequence of characters
Sure, here is a simple bash script that generates a random sequence of characters:
#!/bin/bash
# Generate a random sequence of characters
# Set the length of the random sequence
length=10
# Set the possible characters that can be included in the random sequence
characters="abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789"
# Generate the random sequence using the `shuf` command
random_sequence=$(echo $characters | fold -w1 | shuf | tr -d '\n' | head -c$length)
# Print the random sequence
echo $random_sequence
To use the script, save it to a file (e.g. generate_random_sequence.sh
), make the file executable (e.g. chmod +x generate_random_sequence.sh
), and then run it (e.g. ./generate_random_sequence.sh
).
You can modify the length of the random sequence and the possible characters that can be included in the sequence by changing the values of the length
and characters
variables at the beginning of the script.
I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any other questions.