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ls -1 | perl -e 'srand; rand($.) < 1 && ($filename = $_) while <>; print
$filename;'

 - Barry

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Harcourt Street, Dublin 2, Ireland

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Walter
> Sent: 21 August 2003 17:36
> To: Questions
> Subject: file picker
>
>
> Hi All,
>
>     I want to run a cron job to upload a different image
> file to a web site as a new background every night.
>
>     I need a way to automatically select a different file
> from a directory which I will populate over time, and
> then feed that name to the upload script.  I can't find
> anything like this in the ports.  Can someone suggest
> a utility, script, et cetera, for this?  Otherwise, I'm
> prepared to write my own, but I don't want to re-invent
> the wheel, as the saying goes.  Thanks.
>
>     Please CC me as I'm not currently subscribed to the
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> Walter
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