From: klee@unibwm.de   
      
   On 21.10.2023 20:32, R.Wieser wrote:   
   > Herbert,   
   >   
   >> The first use of %random% always gives nearly the   
   >> same value. Is this a Microsoft feature or a bug?   
   >   
   > "CMD.EXE initializes the random number generator upon startup using a seed   
   > that is derived from the current time with 1 second resolution"   
   >   
   > https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19694021/random-generator-in-the-batch   
      
   That would only mean, that all CMD startet in the same second   
   will have the same random number sequence. But a cmd startet   
   a few seconds later should start with a completely different   
   value. So as a work around, always discard the first %random%   
   value.   
      
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