There is a variable $RANDOM than you can read in bash or zsh to get a random number beteen 0 and 32767. Here in zsh on my (old) mac:
% echo $RANDOM
13757
% echo $RANDOM
16896
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rbitr
/ random_notes.md
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Confusion about using $RANDOM to generate random numbers
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/ us_state_abbreviations.py
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A python list of all US state abbreviations.
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| # United States Postal Service (USPS) abbreviations. | |
| abbreviations = [ | |
| # https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_states_and_territories_of_the_United_States#States. | |
| "AK", "AL", "AR", "AZ", "CA", "CO", "CT", "DE", "FL", "GA", "HI", "IA", | |
| "ID", "IL", "IN", "KS", "KY", "LA", "MA", "MD", "ME", "MI", "MN", "MO", | |
| "MS", "MT", "NC", "ND", "NE", "NH", "NJ", "NM", "NV", "NY", "OH", "OK", | |
| "OR", "PA", "RI", "SC", "SD", "TN", "TX", "UT", "VA", "VT", "WA", "WI", | |
| "WV", "WY", | |
| # https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_states_and_territories_of_the_United_States#Federal_district. | |
| "DC", |