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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Random Post 302118790 by keyvan on Thursday 24th of May 2007 08:24:23 AM
Old 05-24-2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by anbu23
Code:
number=$(( RANDOM % 21 + 1 ))
word=$( sed -n "$number p" words_list_file )
letters=$(echo $word | wc -c)
letters=$(( $letters - 1 ))
template="$(echo $word | tr '[a-z A-Z 0-9]' '.')"
remaining=$letters

what can be used instead of sed, as i dont know anything about sed and rather learn shell scripting first and then look at sed, also just so i can understand this better, the random word file, needs to one word per line and numbered for this to work??

You are a star

Keyvan

Last edited by keyvan; 05-24-2007 at 09:25 AM.. Reason: more information
 

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NAME
XmScrollVisible - A ScrolledWindow function that makes an invisible descendant of a ScrolledWindow work area visible SYNOPSIS
#include <Xm/ScrolledW.h> void XmScrollVisible (scrollw_widget, widget, left_right_margin, top_bottom_margin) Widget scrollw_widget; Widget widget; Dimension left_right_margin; Dimension top_bottom_margin; DESCRIPTION
XmScrollVisible makes an obscured or partially obscured widget or gadget descendant of a ScrolledWindow work area visible. The function repositions the work area and sets the specified margins between the widget and the nearest viewport boundary. The widget's location rela- tive to the viewport determines whether one or both of the margins must be adjusted. This function requires that the XmNscrollingPolicy of the ScrolledWindow widget be set to XmAUTOMATIC. Specifies the ID of the ScrolledWindow widget whose work area window contains an obscured descendant. Specifies the ID of the widget to be made visible. Specifies the margin to establish between the left or right edge of the widget and the associated edge of the viewport. This margin is established only if the widget must be moved horizontally to make it visi- ble. Specifies the margin to establish between the top or bottom edge of the widget and the associated edge of the viewport. This margin is established only if the widget must be moved vertically to make it visible. For a complete definition of ScrolledWindow and its associated resources, see XmScrolledWindow(3X). SEE ALSO
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