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  1. ShadSterling created this gist Jul 3, 2024.
    10 changes: 10 additions & 0 deletions random-string
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    @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
    #!/usr/bin/env bash

    # from https://gist.github.com/earthgecko/3089509#gistcomment-1219444

    count=$1
    if [ "" == "$count" ]; then
    count=64
    fi

    LC_CTYPE=C tr -dc A-Za-z0-9 < /dev/urandom | fold -w ${1:-$count} | head -n +1