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Author: Dan Mares, dmares @ maresware . com (you will be asked for e-mail address confirmation)
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One liner: Creates lists of random numbers for whatever purpose.
Random is a command line program designed to generate random numbers. Its command line allows for different options which include a seed, max numbers generated and highest number generated.
Get random.exe
The command line allows you to generate random numbers. You can then save these to a file for other uses such as selecting random records from a data base, or use these numbers as part of passwords.
C:>random -? will show the help screen. It only has a few options.
Random will generate the random numbers following the options provided. Review the optins section below to determine what optins are best for you.
During the run, if you redirect the output to a text file, you will have your list of random numbers.
-? Get a help screen.
-[sS] + #: /* use # as seed. same # generates same results. default: seed of 2 is used */
-[cC] + #: /* produce this many (count) random numbers. default: 10 */
-[mM] + #: /* upper limit of numbers to generate */
-o + outputfilename: /* put random numbers in this output file. see disksort command below */
-z: random numbers have leading zeros. 0012345
However, in ALL outputs, the length of the line is 13 characters
" 00123456" (-m 8 -z option)
" 123456" (-m 8 no option)
C:>random -? /* show the help screen */
C:>random -s + 25: /* use 25 as seed. same # generates same results. default: seed of 2 is used */
C:>random -c + 2000: /* produce this many (count) random numbers. default: 10 */
C:>random -m + 99999: /* upper limit of numbers to generate */
This command delivered the following results (13 characters wide): random -c 10 -m 99999
67108
1610
53687
1073
2151
30316
67374
12560
11966
3355
To eliminate duplicates from the output, use the maresware disksort program with
the following command line.
c:> disksort outputfilename outputfilename.unq -r 15 -p 0 -l 13 -u
Adding the -z to the random run, and the disksort results in
01073
01610
02151
03355
11966
12560
30316
53687
67108
67374
and then running thru hash_lines get a reliable start to a password generator
01073|13|60D00DB80FA15356CDF2FD5011ED39FA|A6FE5F4065A3B37EA935F0C34609100D11CB5B4C
01610|13|36635882DB1B9115C4EE2C42FE8575E1|A0A21B1974DC7C15E307B582F76C31B8814C568A
02151|13|4FD36E77ABE7736F91CB43618E543E0A|50DDCC568EE0DF6C4AA2126919E24999DCAC420A
03355|13|3AB13999DB4ABE312BA062F8657FC674|CFBEB3F7C5DF5AA907B402342C1951F65B3071E3
11966|13|8AA1868D41A875293A18CCB0CB922E42|3D3BC732999806DF2F4C74D66331FA7E2134D713
12560|13|BA69A726441237E01D27DE2A71742BE5|03C096EBB0644591D526965C4A705A3E09BD3547
30316|13|9B165147BB1E9F23EED02B5E7D8EFBD7|B835669B05DBA561C4A4E363E87CFBE88554A264
53687|13|B55B77EF17D5F2701F546F7DF7DFD5F6|886FEDFB070C3B4FD269BCE8DB44E529ED94ED9E
67108|13|2E804C02CAABB46A10898A5E14816C51|33ADD6FCF414CE9141A63143BD8F0C8A47ED0989
67374|13|67AA655030107DCB01017D30C2DC9B9B|A5B9E5E1ED1243B38C341A0E131A0A8B34EDAA9D
here is the batch file to accomplish this. generate max of 500 numbers (uniqued down to 461)
with a high value of 99999. Then add the MD5/SHA values to each line for more uniqueness.
c:>random -m 99999 -c 500 -z -o randomnos.txt
c:>disksort randomnos.txt randomnos.srt -r 15 -p 0 -l 13 -u
c:>hash_lines randomnos.srt > randoms
00065|13|02352C1C9D9E5EC6F52B4E4B309D4131|D9BDA160C505AD49F1EB4D2828D935036F493FDF
00166|13|227E583F13C5B37C59CA122ECF984C34|DDFB1C141E9D28B775CB36FFCE4AFB6BB4DE7E1C
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