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dennisse··on Random Numbers in Bash
Since no-one asked, I use something like this in zsh:

  rand() {
    local r4
    IFS= read -rk4 -u0 r4 < /dev/urandom || return
    local b1=$r4[1] b2=$r4[2] b3=$r4[3] b4=$r4[4]
    print $(( #b1 << 24 | #b2 << 16 | #b3 << 8 | #b4 ))
  }
It has the added bonus of only using zsh, no external dependencies, so it is quite fast.
dennisse··on GNU bc ends 11-year beta test, releases 1.7
Changelog: https://pastebin.com/J6gpwVBF
dennisse··on I think DuckDuckGo would do better changing that Quack of a name
does it really matter? nearly every browser allows you to add custom search engines, and change the default one. if you set duckduckgo as the default search engine, you don't ever have to type in duckduckgo - you can just use your address field.