Generating a random MAC address
# enum -r -s ':' -f '%02x' 0 .. 6x .. 255 f3:1c:51:29:9a:ed
-
0 .. 6x .. 255
— produce values between 0 and 255 (inclusively), 6 of them -
-r
— produce random values -
-s ':'
— insert a colon between values (instead of a newline) -
-f '%02x'
— formats values as two-digit hex values
enum is available in at least Debian, Fedora and Gentoo (package app-misc/enum
).