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How can print a value, either 1, 2 or 3 (at random). My best guess failed:
#!/bin/bash
1 = "2 million"
2 = "1 million"
3 = "3 million"
print randomint(1,2,3)
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Method 1: md5 Hash The very first method we can use to generate a random string in bash is md5 checksums. Bash has the $RANDOM variable, which produces a random number. We can pipe this value to md5sum to get a random string. The $RANDOM variable is always random.
bash [filename] runs the commands saved in a file. $@ refers to all of a shell script's command-line arguments. $1 , $2 , etc., refer to the first command-line argument, the second command-line argument, etc. Place variables in quotes if the values might have spaces in them.
$_ (dollar underscore) is another special bash parameter and used to reference the absolute file name of the shell or bash script which is being executed as specified in the argument list. This bash parameter is also used to hold the name of mail file while checking emails.
To generate random numbers with bash use the $RANDOM internal Bash function:
arr[0]="2 million"
arr[1]="1 million"
arr[2]="3 million"
rand=$[ $RANDOM % 3 ]
echo ${arr[$rand]}
From bash manual for RANDOM:
Each time this parameter is referenced, a random integer between 0 and 32767 is generated. The sequence of random numbers may be initialized by assigning a value to RANDOM. If RANDOM is unset,it loses its special properties, even if it is subsequently reset.
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