#!/bin/bash # Shell script to generate random file method # 1 # # This is a free shell script under GNU GPL version 2.0 or above # # Copyright (C) 2005 nixCraft # # Feedback/comment/suggestions : http://cyberciti.biz/fb/ echo "List of temporary files : " for i in 1 2 3 4 5 do FILE="/tmp/$(basename $0).$RANDOM.txt" echo $FILE # show file name > $FILE # create files done
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This is bad practice. A much better way would be to use $$, which is the process ID. In the loop above I would create a filename of “/tmp/$(basename $0).$$.txt”
or both… /tmp/$(basename $0).$RANDOM.$$.txt
say hello to the safe side
:D