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Created January 13, 2011 15:46
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Prints the name of a random file in the current directory
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random.sh
# Prints the name of a random file in the current directory
#! /bin/bash
set -- *
length=$#
random_num=$(( $RANDOM % ($length + 1) ))
echo ${!random_num}
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