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-rw-r--r--bin/rndi.awk5
-rw-r--r--bin/rndl.awk5
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/bin/rndi.awk b/bin/rndi.awk
index 07c69bc7..7d5a5b96 100644
--- a/bin/rndi.awk
+++ b/bin/rndi.awk
@@ -16,10 +16,13 @@ BEGIN {
if (lower >= upper)
fail("Bounds must be numeric, first lower than second")
- # Seed the random number generator
+ # Get a random seed if rnds(1df) available
rnds = "rnds 2>/dev/null"
rnds | getline seed
close(rnds)
+
+ # Truncate the seed to 8 characters because mawk might choke on it
+ seed = substr(seed,1,8)
if (length(seed))
srand(seed + 0)
else
diff --git a/bin/rndl.awk b/bin/rndl.awk
index 925235ee..99f5b4e1 100644
--- a/bin/rndl.awk
+++ b/bin/rndl.awk
@@ -6,10 +6,13 @@ BEGIN {
# Name self
self = "rndl"
- # Seed the random number generator
+ # Get a random seed if rnds(1df) available
rnds = "rnds 2>/dev/null"
rnds | getline seed
close(rnds)
+
+ # Truncate the seed to 8 characters because mawk might choke on it
+ seed = substr(seed,1,8)
if (length(seed))
srand(seed + 0)
else