BASH a block of bytes | Linux Today

BASH a block of bytes

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 26, 2017

I was preparing a slide presentation and wanted to show a block of random 8-bit bytes […] Naturally I didn’t just type out that block of text on a slide, which would have taken maybe 10 minutes, or copy and modify some byte-text I found online. Of course not. Instead I spent hours dreaming up elaborate ways to do it with BASH one-liners. Three methods are described here, but there are undoubtedly dozens of others. Feel free to suggest more elegant BASH one-liners in the comments.

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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