Generate random string for various use case

Mon, 08 Aug 2016 01:16:14 +0000

Some times I need random string, for example to use as email seperator or to use in some API. One way is to use tools like /dev/[u]random or od and other such. But they seem cubersome after I figured this out.

openssl rand <length>
openssl rand 10

This alone without some parameters is not interesting thoug. You can use ‘-base64’ or ‘-hex’ to select the encoding.

So if you execute the above you will get something like this

Openssl on Amit Agarwal Linux Blog

Generate random string for various use case