Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2010 09:40:43 -0800 From: Chip Camden <sterling@camdensoftware.com> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: randomising tracks: scripting question Message-ID: <20101226174043.GB10951@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> In-Reply-To: <20101226170930.GA68817@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> References: <20101226170930.GA68817@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Quoth Frank Shute on Sunday, 26 December 2010: > I generally play my tracks of an album like so: > > for track in $(cat trombone_shorty-backatown.m3u); do > mplayer $track > done > > They then play in the correct order. > > How would I go about randomising the order of play using > sh (preferably) or perl? > > Sorry for the OT posting but I thought a brainteaser might clear the > fog caused by excessive Xmas indulgence ;) > > > Regards, > > -- > > Frank > > Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" change "cat t...n.m3u" to "random < t..n.m3u" -- Sterling (Chip) Camden | sterling@camdensoftware.com | 2048D/3A978E4F http://camdensoftware.com | http://chipstips.com | http://chipsquips.com [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (FreeBSD) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJNF34bAAoJEIpckszW26+RiEYH/AzNOr/Is9HY2Mp2UKMxTtKY czw0y677DvYg9jcbS9QDJnnmV50DYGUA/LmVLuCfRz60V8NUvP5iiRoZQFbBlZT/ YqsG/OCt9Qg3rq9nnHa2FhuV/+n/O6Lhs6lQjGGbi0IstP6fd/RaXlpKlGsmO2i5 vv/QzNnYLQt3NeWXx/kK3MZIugpm27Ui4XpUSbUsl4I46OThpetB/fWJS8cirTxB Ot3I6c1qCES1H9dvn4Mu+D8eUfprZjuhy+znQyf+UIP0GMm2xyv+aTKPVEnN7jja jEhfO4CQZI8bHRDub/cMPd7bocFeUJ3kQvg1D/fSC8JkARKGGC092eZ8t7iq8Nw= =XHkq -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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