Generate random string for various use case

2016-08-08 1 min read bash
Some times I need random string, for example to use as email seperator or to use in some API. One way is to use tools like /dev/[u]random or od and other such. But they seem cubersome after I figured this out. openssl rand <length> openssl rand 10 This alone without some parameters is not interesting thoug. You can use β€˜-base64’ or β€˜-hex’ to select the encoding. So if you execute the above you will get something like this Continue reading