random-ip 1 user commands djbwares
random-ip generate IPv4 addresses randomly
`random-ip` n a b c d

## Description

`random-ip` prints n randomly-chosen IPv4 addresses in human-readable form.

a, b, c, and d are the first, second, third, and fourth octets of an optional prefix to apply to all addresses. The presence of a prefix constrains the maximum value of n to 16777216 (1 octet), 65536 (2 octets), 256 (3 octets), or 1 (4 octets).

`random-ip` makes no attempt to exclude invalid or reserved address ranges.

## History

`random-ip` was originally part of Daniel J. Bernstein's djbdns toolset in 2001.

## Author

Original code by Daniel J. Bernstein. Documentation by Jonathan de Boyne Pollard.