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prints a ramdon line from a file
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| if [ $# -ne 1 ] | |
| then | |
| echo "Syntax: $0 FILE" | |
| echo $0 - display a random line from FILE. | |
| exit 1 | |
| fi | |
| RAND=`od -d -N2 -An /dev/urandom` | |
| LINES=`cat "$1" | wc -l` | |
| LINE=$(( RAND % LINES + 1 )) | |
| head -$LINE $1 | tail -1 |
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