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use strict; use warnings; my $count = 10; my $minlength = 3; my $maxlength = 6; my @vchars = ('a'..'z', 'A'..'Z', 0..9); for (1 .. $count) { my $data = ''; for (1 .. $minlength+int(rand($maxlength-$minlength))) { $data .= $vchars[rand(@vchars)]; } print("$data\n"); }