From ed62e360c6983b748bf65e1d8b4010b3f9e82cae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Christian P. V. Christoffersen"
 <88783438+br-cpvc@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 3 May 2024 12:31:23 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] added generate-random.sh

---
 generate-random.sh | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 generate-random.sh

diff --git a/generate-random.sh b/generate-random.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..f1c310a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/generate-random.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -e
+
+LENGTH=25
+if [ ! -z "$1" ] && [ $1 -gt 1 ]; then
+	  LENGTH=$1
+fi
+
+# inspired by https://www.baeldung.com/linux/generate-random-string-using-random
+cat /dev/urandom | tr -dc 'a-zA-Z0-9' | fold -w $LENGT | head -n 1