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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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Quoth Frank Shute on Sunday, 26 December 2010:
> I generally play my tracks of an album like so:
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> for track in $(cat trombone_shorty-backatown.m3u); do
> mplayer $track
> done
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> They then play in the correct order.
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> How would I go about randomising the order of play using
> sh (preferably) or perl?
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> Sorry for the OT posting but I thought a brainteaser might clear the
> fog caused by excessive Xmas indulgence ;)
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> Regards,
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> --=20
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>  Frank
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>  Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html
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change "cat t...n.m3u" to "random < t..n.m3u"

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