@thetally/rand

A command-line random data generator utility that provides various types of random data generation.

CLI

Installation

Install globally with npm:

npm install -g @thetally/rand

Usage

rand <command> [args...]

Commands

• uuid4 - Generate a random UUID v4
• hex <length> - Generate a random hex string of given length
• base62 <length> - Generate a random base62 string of given length
• base64 <length> - Generate a random base64 string of given length
• base64url <length> - Generate a random base64url string of given length
• dec <length> - Generate a random decimal string of given length
• oct <length> - Generate a random octal string of given length
• bin <length> - Generate a random binary string of given length
• int <max> - Generate a random integer from 0 to max-1
• password <length> - Generate a random password (A-Za-z0-9!@#$%^&*)
• help - Show help message

Flags

• -B - Interpret length as bytes instead of characters
• -b - Interpret length as bits instead of characters

Examples

# Generate a UUID
rand uuid4

# Generate a 32-character hex string
rand hex 32

# Generate a 16-character password
rand password 16

# Generate a random integer between 0 and 99
rand int 100

# Generate 64 bits of binary data
rand bin 64 -b

Package

Installation

Install with npm:

npm install @thetally/rand

Usage

import {
  randomPassword,
  randomHex,
  randomBase64,
  randomBase64Url,
  randomBase62,
  randomDecimal,
  randomOctal,
  randomBinary,
  randomIntMax,
  uuid4
} from '@thetally/rand';

const uuid = uuid4()
const randomHex = randomHex(100) // length of 100

License

ISC