Whoops, did too much C++ programming these days, in C this should really
be:
#include
#include
int main (int argc, char *argv[]) {
unsigned int r;
srandomdev();
/* use this on non-BSD systems:
srandom(time (0));
*/
r = random (
At 05:32 PM 6.16.2003 +0100, Matthew Seaman wrote:
>On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 11:15:17AM -0500, Jack L. Stone wrote:
>> I need to run a script, perhaps using FBSD's 'rand' or 'random' command (or
>> any other) that will generate one single 5-digit number 'at random' between
>> 1-9
>>
>> Anyo
jot -r 5 0 9 | rs -g 0 5
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> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jack L. Stone
> Sent: 16 June 2003 17:15
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: R
Hi,
> I need to run a script, perhaps using FBSD's 'rand' or 'random' command (or
> any other) that will generate one single 5-digit number 'at random' between
> 1-9
>
> Anyone have thoughts on how to do this??
Don't know about a shell way to do this, but what about this tiny
C progr
On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 11:15:17AM -0500, Jack L. Stone wrote:
> I need to run a script, perhaps using FBSD's 'rand' or 'random' command (or
> any other) that will generate one single 5-digit number 'at random' between
> 1-9
>
> Anyone have thoughts on how to do this??
perl -e 'pr
