hexchars="0123456789ABCDEF"
Change the number in the first for loop if you need less then 1200 mac addresses
57:46:94:C4:2E:8C 81:03:BA:C0:69:F2 58:1D:AB:FE:BC:70 C6:1F:49:58:9B:94 17:6B:BF:8D:C5:E8 BA:0E:9A:0F:BA:B6 54:45:62:93:C3:46 2B:A8:0E:04:4E:39 47:3E:B0:63:72:AE 42:E9:EE:AA:EC:E7 76:B3:60:0F:B9:AA C4:33:DB:6B:55:71 A1:CE:52:15:9B:4E
Ruby version.
Also, a perl version:
perl -e 'printf("%.2x.",rand(255))for(1..5);printf("%.2x\n",rand(255))'
Doubt it actually generates valid mac addresses but this version doesn't need any external commands so it runs much faster. Much shorter as well. Show Sample Output
Shorter and more straightforward.
Also in perl:
perl -e 'print join(":", map { sprintf "%0.2X",rand(256) }(1..6))."\n"'
Python Alternative Show Sample Output
You have to install the package macchanger but this command will create a random mac from a list of known manufacturers. If you want to make a complete random mac, use the -r option .
Any thoughts on this command? Does it work on your machine? Can you do the same thing with only 14 characters?
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