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Re: Feature-Request: random sort
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Eric Blake |
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Re: Feature-Request: random sort |
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Wed, 15 Nov 2006 19:59:44 -0700 |
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According to Matthias Schniedermeyer on 11/15/2006 10:56 AM:
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> As far as i can see it the opposite of sort is missing.
Yes, this capability was missing in earlier versions of coreutils.
> Randomize/shuffling the incoming data lines, so you can e.x. use it for
> a playlist.
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> find . -type f | sort --shuffle | xargs <...>
Try upgrading. Coreutils 6.4 comes with the shuf utility, so that you can do:
find . -type f | shuf | xargs <...>
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