Radical Random Value Generator

randical is a simple unix commandline utility to generate a series of random values of varying types, with uniform distribution. See below for usage and examples.

```text Radical Random Value Generator 1.618033

Generates arbitrary numbers of uniformly distributed random values.

USAGE: randical [FLAGS] [OPTIONS]

FLAGS: --buel Prints either 'Here.' or 'Um, he's sick. My best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who's going with the girl who saw Ferris pass out at 31 Flavors last night. I guess it's pretty serious.', with equal probability. Not compatible with -t or --bule. --bule Prints either 'true' or 'false', with equal probability. Not compatible with -t or --buel. -e, --exit With equal probability, exit with either status 0, like /bin/true, or status 1, like /bin/false. Technically compatible with all other options, but exit status will have no relation to any generated output. Sets default number of values to print to 0. -h, --help Prints help information -V, --version Prints version information

OPTIONS: -n, --num-vals Number of random values to print out. Defaults to 1. -t, --type Type of random value to print. Defaults to 'bool'. Possible values are 'b'ool, 'f'loat64, 'U'UIDv4, 'u'nsigned64, 's'igned64, and 'k'suid with millisecond precision. ```

Some examples:

```text $ randical -n 3 # print out three bools Bogus. Radical! Radical!

$ randical -t u # 64-bit unsigned integers 5787939472744910229

$ randical -t s # 64-bit signed integers -3655402238002064604

$ randical -t f # floating-point numbers from [0,1) 0.603028217883161

$ randical -t U # v4 UUIDs 0237bf92-a629-440a-a1b5-ae32741b8ebd

$ randical -e # exit with status 0 or 1, with equal probability $ echo $? 1 $ randical -e $ echo $? 0 $ randical -t k -n 3 # print out three "K-sorted UID"s; see https://segment.com/blog/a-brief-history-of-the-uuid/ 27wOG5VmO0vOzDsk66ELjzDa20X 27wOG5WdjugQa5HTnGr9IABktzF 27wOG5WK0MgZ49lrBUNWGe6XDFI ```

You can use it to do some simple modeling in a shell one-liners, like so:

• simulate a fair coin toss:

text $ for i in {1..10} ; do (randical -e && echo heads) || echo tails ; done heads heads tails tails heads heads tails heads heads heads

• simulate an unfair coin toss:

  text $ for n in $(randical -n 10 -t f) ; do echo -n "unfair coin is " ; ((($n < 0.25)) && echo -n tails) || echo -n heads ; echo " ($n)" ; done unfair coin is tails (0.08358173070875441) unfair coin is heads (0.6536652844106665) unfair coin is heads (0.25506794504375785) unfair coin is heads (0.8781122125361713) unfair coin is heads (0.3413074383739916) unfair coin is heads (0.9068801316813913) unfair coin is heads (0.6210935828659315) unfair coin is heads (0.834424540129461) unfair coin is heads (0.5440078767522896) unfair coin is heads (0.615928198757337)

• simulate a Sliding Doors-style garden of forking paths alternate timeline for Ferris Bueller's presence or absence on that fateful day:

```text

$ for i in {1..5} ; do echo "----" ; echo "Bueller? Bueller?" ; randical --buel ; done

Bueller? Bueller?

Here.

Bueller? Bueller?

Um, he's sick. My best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who's going with the girl who saw Ferris pass out at 31 Flavors last night. I guess it's pretty serious.

Bueller? Bueller?

Here.

Bueller? Bueller?

Um, he's sick. My best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who's going with the girl who saw Ferris pass out at 31 Flavors last night. I guess it's pretty serious.

Bueller? Bueller? Um, he's sick. My best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who's going with the girl who saw Ferris pass out at 31 Flavors last night. I guess it's pretty serious. ```