Snarp · May 19, 2020 17:42
diff --git a/generate_random_string.sh b/generate_random_string.sh
 #!/usr/bin/env bash

 # How-to:
 #     bash rand_str.bash {{optional length}}

 # Source: https://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/string-manipulation.html

 LEN=$1
 if [ -z $LEN ]; then LEN=8; fi

 str0="$$"
 str1=$( echo "$str0" | md5sum | md5sum )
 randstring="${str1:2:LEN}"
 echo "random string: $randstring"
	#!/usr/bin/env bash

	# How-to:
	# bash rand_str.bash {{optional length}}

	# Source: https://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/string-manipulation.html

	LEN=$1
	if [ -z $LEN ]; then LEN=8; fi

	str0="$$"
	str1=$( echo "$str0" \| md5sum \| md5sum )
	randstring="${str1:2:LEN}"
	echo "random string: $randstring"