random_number.ksh

#!/bin/ksh
# Cool little script to generate random numbers in shell script:

### This script generates 64 bit random numbers.  
### To get 32 bit, change count= to 6 and "u8" to "u4"



n=`dd if=/dev/urandom bs=1 count=8 2>/dev/null | od -t u8 | awk 'NR==1 {print $2}'`
echo "Random number is: $n"

exit 0






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