cat list | \ perl -e 'srand; rand($.) < 1 && ($line = $_) while <>; print $line;' -- as suggested on this list earlier, it will return a random line out of the file list. if you want the entire list to be shuffled, then search the archives for "random lines" and a post by me. in it's replies, there is a permutator of input files. martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) \____ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"|tr "<*> mailto:"; net@madduck -- a good scapegoat is nearly as welcome as a solution to the problem.
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