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/ time2base36.sh
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January 3, 2021 18:25
Shell script to convert unix timestamp to base36 (alphanumeric, lowercase)
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| # takes unix timestamp and converts to base36 | |
| # ht: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base36#bash_implementation | |
| value=$(date +%s) | |
| result="" | |
| base36="0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz" | |
| while true; do | |
| result=${base36:((value%36)):1}${result} | |
| if [ $((value=${value}/36)) -eq 0 ]; then |