#!/bin/bash SIZE=${1:-12} re='^[0-9]+$' if ! [[ $SIZE =~ $re ]]; then echo "error: SIZE=$SIZE Not a number" >&2 exit 1 fi if [[ $SIZE -lt 4 || $SIZE -gt 20 ]]; then echo "expected SIZE=$SIZE not in range [4..20]" >&2 exit 1 fi tr -cd '[:alnum:]'