NRIC Generator

What is this?

A simple NRIC generator to make generation of fake NRICs for testing easy. They pass the validation check, as they have a valid checksum. It's possible that this script generates real used NRICs, but it's expected, I guess? It's all random.

It will also validate NRICs that you pass it to ensure that it has the correct length, valid prefix, and passes the checksum.

Generate Valid NRIC Numbers

To generate things run this:

# ./nric-thingy.sh generate <prefix> <number of NRIC to generate>

./nric-thingy.sh generate S 10

# will produce something like this
S3537782D
S0994205Z
S7745138B
S0934718F
S4607229D
S7598938E
S9875449J
S2373801E
S5475428J
S9760868G

Validate NRIC Numbers

To validate existing numbers, run this:

# ./nric-thing.sh validate <NRIC>

./nric-thingy.sh validate S3915339D

Valid NRIC!

These would pass the validation tests, as in, they are valid NRICs, but they are not official ones. They are for TESTING PURPOSES ONLY. Don't use this for illegal things, please.

Valid Prefixes

There is a check where you can only use valid Prefixes, namely 'S', 'T', 'F', and 'G'. Anything else would not work.