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BASH: get random char from pattern string

Feb 6th, 2023
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  1. getrandchar() #$1 - pattern_string
  2. {
  3.     STRLEN=`expr length "$1"`
  4.     RNUM=`shuf -i 1-$STRLEN -n1`
  5.     RCHAR=`echo -e -n "$1"|cut -c$RNUM-$RNUM`
  6. }
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