TIL: the `shuf` command
shuf via an answer to the question: Random number from a range in a Bash Script
Useful for e.g. randomly selecting a port in a cluster:
curl http://127.0.0.1:$(shuf -i 8000-8005 -n1)
All links, in order of mention:
- shuf: https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/shuf.1.html
- an answer to the question: https://stackoverflow.com/a/2556282/391826
- Random number from a range in a Bash Script: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2556190/random-number-from-a-range-in-a-bash-script
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