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Old 09-02-2013
UNIX script for making random numbers without repetition
Hello,
I have a column which have 7200 numbers and I am deciding to pick up 1440 numbers randomly without any reputation? Could any one let me know which script in unix will be work for my case?

Regards
Sajjad
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Old 09-02-2013
Here is a solution using awk.

You didn't say column separator your file has - so I'm assuming it's a comma.

You can change the -F parameter according to you actual value, also note that some POSIX awk implementations may fall over if you number of columns is too large:

Code:
awk -F',' '{ srand();
  for(i=1;i<=1440;) {
        v=$(int(1+rand()*7200))
        if (!(v in N)) {
           N[v]
           printf "%s%s", v, (i++<1440?FS:RS)
        }
  }
}' random.csv

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sajmar
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Old 09-02-2013
@Chubler_XL

Thanks for your command suggestion. According to your guess about the comma, I should to mention I just have one column which have 7200 line and there is no comma. do I need to just get rid of the comma in the awk command?
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Old 09-02-2013
FWIW - "random" means any number in the range of valid values can occur any time. By saying "random with no duplicates" is not the same thing. Do not use this for encryption.
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Old 09-02-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by jim mcnamara
FWIW - "random" means any number in the range of valid values can occur any time. By saying "random with no duplicates" is not the same thing. Do not use this for encryption.
Thanks jim
Do you have any suggestion command?
# 6  
Old 09-02-2013
Yes, if you just have spaces (or tabs) between the values then remove the -F',' part.
# 7  
Old 09-02-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by Chubler_XL
Yes, if you just have spaces (or tabs) between the values then remove the -F',' part.
I think my question was not very clear. I have a file which has one column with 7200 line and want to select 1440 lines ( %20 of the line) randomly without the duplication number between the 1440 numbers.
The command did not give me what do I want.
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