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  • Instead of tr -d '[:space:]', perhaps tr -cd '[:digit:]' for the grep filter? Commented Feb 14, 2015 at 23:33
  • @muru I'm not sure that will work on OSX, which is why I didn't use it... You also get the numbers seperated by a newline this way, like the OP asked.... Commented Feb 14, 2015 at 23:35
  • If that's the case.... GNU beats BSD. :P Commented Feb 14, 2015 at 23:36
  • One can also use the shell (system) for inputting random numbers, i.e. :r! hexdump -n $((3*4)) -e '"%d"' /dev/urandom, would generate 3 random signed integers. Commented Feb 15, 2015 at 7:13
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    @kenorb This will correctly use the shell for inputting 3 signed random integers: :r! hexdump -n $((3*4)) -e '"\%d\n"' /dev/urandom Commented Feb 16, 2015 at 17:49