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+# Try to get a low-quality random seed from a random device if possible
+
+# Sole optional argument is the bytes to read; 32 is the default
+count=${1:-32}
+
+# Try and find a random device to use; none of these are specified by POSIX
+for dev in /dev/urandom /dev/arandom /dev/random '' ; do
+    [ -e "$dev" ] && break
+done
+
+# Bail if we couldn't find a random device
+[ -n "$dev" ] || exit 1
+
+# Read the bytes from the device
+dd if="$dev" bs=1 count="$count" 2>/dev/null |
+
+# Run cksum(1) over the read random bytes
+cksum |
+
+# cut(1) the cksum(1) output to only the first field, and print that to stdout
+cut -d' ' -f1