How to generate random port number on the command line
The following Linux shell command will generate a random port number between 1024 and 65535 (inclusive):
random_port_shuf.sh
shuf -i 1024-65535 -n 1Example:
random_port_example.txt
$ shuf -i 1024-65535 -n 1
45508
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