in reply to Random string generator
Thanks to jmcnamara, we have this example:
perl -le 'print map{(a..z)[rand 26]} 0..rand 10'
which I have extended thusly:
perl -le 'print map{(a..z,A..Z,0..9)[rand 62]} 0..7'
and which you could extend as needed.
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