Generate a random string in bash

Generating random string in used in cryptography and it is very important in our day to day programming to generate a random password generation, random username access or login .. etc., To generate a random string with other characters you can add those characters to array1.

 #!/bin/bash

MAXSIZE=8

array1=(
w e r t y u p a s d f h j k z x c v b m Q W E R T Y U P A D
F H J K L Z X C V B N M 2 3 4 7 8 1 5 6 9
)

MODNUM=${#array1[*]}

pwd_len=0

while [ $pwd_len -lt $MAXSIZE ]
do
  index=$(($RANDOM%$MODNUM))
  password="${password}${array1[$index]}"
  ((pwd_len++))
done
echo $password

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