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#!/bin/bash
# bash generate random alphanumeric string
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# bash generate random 32 character alphanumeric string (upper and lowercase) and 
NEW_UUID=$(base64 /dev/urandom | tr -d '/+' | head -c 32)

# bash generate random 32 character alphanumeric string (lowercase only)
NEW_UUID=$(head -c 16 /dev/urandom | md5sum | head -c 32)