title: How do I get truly random numbers in batch?
body: <p>Everyone uses random numbers at one point or another. So, I need some truly random numbers (not pseudo-random*) generated from the command prompt, I also want a system that generates letters in a code line the size of: <code>set RANDOM=%random% %%2 +1</code>. And am I just trying to catch a non-existent butterfly? *pseudo-random is random that relies on outside info like time, batch's random generator is pseudo-random based on time, to test this open 2 new notepad .bat and name this file 1.bat<br>
  1.bat</p>
  
  <pre><code>start 2.bat
  @echo off
  cls
  echo %random%
  pause
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>2.bat</p>
  
  <pre><code>@echo off
  cls
  echo %random%
  pause
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>What's happening?!? Well this is pseudo-random, as long as there is NO delay between the opening of the batch files, the batch file's numbers will be the same. </p>