I am trying to figure out how to generate random from using /dev/random and /dev/urandom in tcsh. After I do head -c 1 /dev/random, I get a random byte. How do I turn this byte into actual number?
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I am trying to figure out how to generate random from using /dev/random and /dev/urandom in tcsh. After I do head -c 1 /dev/random, I get a random byte. How do I turn this byte into actual number?
That will give you a random integer between 0 and 255 inclusive.