Essential Bash

RANDOM

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Each time this parameter is referenced, a random integer between 0 and 32767 is generated. Assigning a value to this variable seeds the random number generator (source). 

~> $ echo $RANDOM 
27119
~> $ echo $RANDOM 
1349
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