On a mac you might want to try
cat /dev/urandom | openssl base64 | head -c 12; echo;
Which can give you a nice random string. cat /dev/urandom | openssl base64 | head -c 12; echo;
Which can give you a nice random string. openssl rand -hex 6
will give you 6 random bytes hex-encoded. Your specific command line can be done with: openssl rand -base64 9 | cut -c-12
Note, I think you wanted -c-12, not -c12.