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Generate random string in powershell
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random-string-generator.ps1
#lowercase letters/numbers only
-join ((48..57) + (97..122) | Get-Random -Count 32 | % {[char]$_})
# all characters
-join ((33..126) | Get-Random -Count 32 | % {[char]$_})
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ggorlen commented Feb 4, 2022

Using ForEach with a nested call to Get-Random on the input ranges is another way to avoid repeats:

-join (1..20 | ForEach {[char]((97..122) + (48..57) | Get-Random)})

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wxwx commented Mar 1, 2023

if hex digits are good enough you might consider this
-join ((1..8) | % { "{0:X}" -f ( Get-Random -min 0 -max 256 ) })

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