Marc Alexander marc1706

marc1706 / bash.generate.random.alphanumeric.string.sh

Created November 21, 2017 15:09 — forked from earthgecko/bash.generate.random.alphanumeric.string.sh

shell/bash generate random alphanumeric string

	#!/bin/bash
	# bash generate random alphanumeric string
	#

	# bash generate random 32 character alphanumeric string (upper and lowercase) and
	NEW_UUID=$(cat /dev/urandom \| tr -dc 'a-zA-Z0-9' \| fold -w 32 \| head -n 1)

	# bash generate random 32 character alphanumeric string (lowercase only)
	cat /dev/urandom \| tr -dc 'a-zA-Z0-9' \| fold -w 32 \| head -n 1