random

A command-line tool for generating random numbers and strings.

Installation

random will run on most Linux, MacOS and Windows systems.

To install it, just cd into the directory in which you wish to install it and then copy-paste the appropriate one-liner from below (based on the destination O/S and architecture).

Linux (32-bit)

curl -s -L -o random https://github.com/alasdairmorris/random/releases/latest/download/random-linux-386 && chmod +x random

Linux (64-bit)

curl -s -L -o random https://github.com/alasdairmorris/random/releases/latest/download/random-linux-amd64 && chmod +x random

Mac OS X (Intel)

curl -s -L -o random https://github.com/alasdairmorris/random/releases/latest/download/random-darwin-amd64 && chmod +x random

Mac OS X (Apple Silicon)

curl -s -L -o random https://github.com/alasdairmorris/random/releases/latest/download/random-darwin-arm64 && chmod +x random

Windows (32-bit)

curl -s -L -o random.exe https://github.com/alasdairmorris/random/releases/latest/download/random-windows-386.exe

Windows (64-bit)

curl -s -L -o random.exe https://github.com/alasdairmorris/random/releases/latest/download/random-windows-amd64.exe

Build From Source

If you have Go installed and would prefer to build the app yourself, you can do:

go install github.com/alasdairmorris/random@latest

Usage

A simple command-line tool to generate random integers, floats and strings.

Usage:
  random str [-l <length>] [-c <charset>] [-U | -L]
  random int [-l <length>] [-s]
  random float [-w <whole>] [-f <fractional>] [-s]
  random -h | --help
  random --version

Global Options:
  -h, --help             Show this screen.
  --version              Show version.

Shared Options:
  -l, --length=<length>  Length [default: 10]
  -s, --signed           Result can be positive or negative [default: positive only]

String Options:
  -c, --charset=<chars>  Character set [default: abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ]
  -U, --uppercase        Convert to uppercase
  -L, --lowercase        Convert to lowercase

Float Options:
  -w, --whole=<whole>    specify number of digits for the whole part (i.e. before the decimal point) [default: 8]
  -f, --fractional=<fr>  specify number of digits for the fractional part (i.e. after the decimal point) [default: 4]

Examples

$ random int
8679141860

$ random int -l 6
588895

$ random str
qduXgGUVPZ

$ random str --charset "ABCDEF0123456789" -l 6   ## generate a random colour!
A9D0EC

License

MIT