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generate a single random hex color string
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random-color-function.sh
function randomColor () {
# assuming 24-bit color
range_max=$((256 * 256 * 256))
printf "%06x\n" $(((((RANDOM*RANDOM)+(RANDOM*RANDOM))+RANDOM)%range_max))
}
# test
# $ for in in {0..99999}; do randomColor; done | sort | uniq | wc -l
# (should output a number roughly near 99700)
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