* Andrei Raevsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [020105 05:51]: > The function $RANDOM return a random number in Bash. But how can I choose > to generate a random number between X and Y (say 1 and 35)? I looked at > the Advanved Bash Scripting ebook but the script this suggest does not work. > Thanks! > Andrei
How about expr $RANDOM % 35 + 1 Seems to work here ... not sure about the quality of the pseudorandom number, but might be OK for your purpose. -- Jan Wilson, SysAdmin _/*]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Corozal Junior College | |:' corozal.com corozal.bz Corozal Town, Belize | /' chetumal.com & linux.bz Reg. Linux user #151611 |_/ Network, SQL, Perl, HTML
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