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machine text: selecting a random line from a file
@hilary was experimenting with selecting a random line from a file. there were many excellent contributions to the discussion. here’s my convoluted approach.
dd if=file.txt skip=$(expr $(date +%N) \% $(stat -c “%s” file.txt)) ibs=1 count=200 2>/dev/null | sed -n ‘2{p;q;}’
it uses “dd”…
Ha! Posts like these are why Forrst exists :)
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“dd”… Ha! Posts like these...Forrst exists :)
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