Useful-scripts/randint.sh

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#!/bin/bash
if ! [[ "$1" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]]; then
echo "Usage: randint <positive integer> [fast]"
exit 1
fi
number=$1
ceiling=$(echo "l($number +1)/l(2)" | bc -l | awk '{
bits = ($1 == int($1)) ? $1 : int($1) + 1;
print int( (bits + 7) / 8 )
}')
if [[ "$2" == "fast" ]]; then
random_num=$(xxd -p -l $ceiling /dev/urandom | tr -d '\n' | awk -v num="$number+1" '{print strtonum("0x" $0) % num}')
else
while :; do
random_num=$(xxd -p -l $ceiling /dev/urandom | tr -d '\n' | awk '{print strtonum("0x" $0)}')
(( random_num < number )) && break
done
fi
echo $random_num