Article 6J7X8 Create pw randomly use binary file source

Create pw randomly use binary file source

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Was thinking of commandline way create pw randomly ussing file as source of chars instead of other random source.

Code:#!/bin/bash
#parm1
sizebyte=$(wc -c < $1)
for ((i = 0 ; i < 7 ; i++)); do
#grab characters random
lines=$((1 + $RANDOM % 5))
position=$((1 + $RANDOM % $sizebyte))
#done
dd skip=$position count=50 if=$1 of=/tmp/out.bin bs=1
final+=$(tr -dc [:graph:] < /tmp/out.bin | head -c $lines)
rm /tmp/out.bin
#debug
final+=" "
done
echo $finalIs seed from a binary file good source method?
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