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#!/bin/bash
# tempfile-name.sh: temp filename generator
BASE_STR=`mcookie` # 32-character magic cookie.
POS=11 # Arbitrary position in magic cookie string.
LEN=5 # Get $LEN consecutive characters.
prefix=temp # This is, after all, a "temp" file.
# For more "uniqueness," generate the
#+ filename prefix using the same method
#+ as the suffix, below.
suffix=${BASE_STR:POS:LEN}
# Extract a 5-character string,
#+ starting at position 11.
temp_filename=$prefix.$suffix
# Construct the filename.
echo "Temp filename = "$temp_filename""
# sh tempfile-name.sh
# Temp filename = temp.e19ea
# Compare this method of generating "unique" filenames
#+ with the 'date' method in ex51.sh.
exit 0
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