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Re: how to generate random negative numbers



On  0, Soren Orel <soren.orel@gmail.com> wrote:
>    I know I could generate numbers like: 0; 1; 2
>    with:
>    $[ ( $RANDOM % 3 ) + 0 ]
>    But how could I generate numbers like: 0; 1; 2; -1; -2; etc? So
>    negative+positive numbers too + zero
>    thank you

echo $[ ($RANDOM % 5 ) -2 ]

That would generate -2 through 2.

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