How good are bash random numbers anyway

How good are these random numbers anyway? I generated 100,000 random numbers between 1 and 10, and then had a look at their frequency:


  • 1: 9964
  • 2: 10009
  • 3: 9978
  • 4: 10015
  • 5: 9997
  • 6: 10020
  • 7: 10011
  • 8: 10008
  • 9: 10006
  • 10: 9992

I would say that this is probably close enough to random for most users.