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Re: /usr/local/bin/rand equivalent in linux

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On 2014-06-19, chaudhary.nabin@gmail.com <chaudhary.nabin@gmail.com> wrote:
> can anyone tell what is the equivalent for /usr/local/bin/rand in linux?

It's hard to give a good answer without knowing what "/usr/local/bin/rand"
actually is.  However, I can give a bad answer that's most probably
correct.  Since /usr/local is where stuff that's compiled from source
and then installled ends up, the correct answer is probably 
"/usr/local/bin/rand", but only if you have the source and can port it.


you wany want to investigate

 kernel device: /dev/urandom   (man 4 urandom)
 
 bash built-in: $RANDOM        (man 1 bash)
 
 and /usr/games/rolldice  (from the "rolldice" package - man 6 rolldice)
 




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