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# 15  
Old 03-28-2013
Ah yes, the awk gets executed so quickly that every time it gets called it uses the same epoch time as the seed for srand(). So it will not work that way.. With a sleep 1 before the done statement it works, but that means an n seconds delay. Probably best to do the iteration within awk.
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# 16  
Old 03-28-2013
Awesome!
Thank you very much!
# 17  
Old 03-28-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by Scrutinizer
Ah yes, the awk gets executed so quickly that every time it gets called it uses the same epoch time as the seed for srand(). So it will not work that way.. With a sleep 1 before the done statement it works, but that means an n seconds delay. Probably best to do the iteration within awk.
If Xterra were to change the line:
Code:
        # Produce output sequences

in the script I provided earlier to:
Code:
        # Seed the random number generator based on the current time of day
        srand()
        # Produce output sequences

the issue raised here would seem to be solved.
# 18  
Old 03-28-2013
Did you try the bash script I submitted?
# 19  
Old 03-28-2013
Don and hanson
I am still testing the solutions you have kindly provided. It was just easioer for me to understand Scrutinizer script. However, I am going over your scripts now.
Thanks!
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