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Date:      Sun, 26 Dec 2010 17:09:30 +0000
From:      Frank Shute <frank@shute.org.uk>
To:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   randomising tracks: scripting question
Message-ID:  <20101226170930.GA68817@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk>

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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

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