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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Random Line Post 31879 by Vishnu on Thursday 14th of November 2002 11:24:14 AM
Old 11-14-2002
Thanks to Perderabo and Crashburn for this idea...

Code:
nlines=`wc -l filename`
VAR=`expr $RANDOM % $nlines + 1`

we need to add 1 so that we genrate line numbers between 1 to $nlines and not 0 to $nlines -1

or this should also work... here I'm ensuring by dividing with 32768 that the "random" number generated will fall within the no of lines that file contains.

On hp-ux 10, 11 we have man ksh giving

0 <= $RANDOM <= 32767

Code:
nlines=`wc -l filename`
VAR=`expr \( 1 + $RANDOM \) \* $nlines / 32768`

you can see the range for RANDOM by referring "man ksh" for your implementation...

Cheers!
Vishnu.

Last edited by Vishnu; 11-14-2002 at 12:37 PM..
 

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shcomp(1)							   User Commands							 shcomp(1)

NAME
shcomp - compile a ksh93 shell script SYNOPSIS
shcomp [-nv] [infile [outfile]] shcomp -D [infile [outfile]] DESCRIPTION
If the -D option is not specified, shcomp takes a shell script, infile, and creates a binary format file, outfile, that ksh93 reads and executes with the same effect as the original script. Aliases are processed as the script is read. Alias definitions whose value requires variable expansion will not work correctly. OPTIONS
The following options are supported: -D Generate a list of strings that need to be placed in a message catalog for internationalization. --dictionary With this option, all double quoted strings that are preceded by $ are printed, one literal per line. A literal $"foo" prints "foo" in the output. These are the messages that need to be translated to locale specific versions for internation- alization. -n Display warning messages for obsolete or non-conforming constructs. --noexec -v Display input from infile onto standard error as it reads it. --verbose OPERANDS
The following operands are supported: infile Specifies the name of the file that contains the shell script to be used as input. If infile is omitted, the shell script is read from standard input. outfile Specifies the name of the output file. If outfile is omitted, both modes write their results to standard output. EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned: 0 Successful completion. >0 An error occurred. ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWcsu | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |CSI |Enabled | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface Stability |See below. | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ The command-line interface and the system variables are Committed. The compiled shell code format is Private. The output of the -D option is Volatile. SEE ALSO
ksh93(1), attributes(5) SunOS 5.11 27 Jan 2009 shcomp(1)
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