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+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+
+# make_random_identifier [SIZE=32]
+# Generate a random alphanumeric identifier using `/dev/urandom`.
+# id=$(make_random_identifier)
+# id=$(make_random_identifier 64)
+make_random_identifier() {
+  _size="${1:-32}"
+  </dev/urandom env LC_CTYPE=C tr -dc "[:alnum:]" | head -c "$_size"
+}