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Re: pretty easy thing but too hard for me! (random array element)

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From: Artur Penttinen <arto-p@xxxxx>
To: frioux@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: pretty easy thing but too hard for me! (random array element)
Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2007 01:39:44 +0400
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02.08.07, 01:23, fREW <frioux@xxxxxxxxx>:

> Hello zsh amigos!
> I want to make a tiny fuction that will
> #1 get a list of files
> #2 choose a random file
> #3 open the random file
> I was going to just do something like
> arr=( * )
> and then
> feh $arr[(some random number or something)]
> but I don't know how to do the random number part and there may be a
> better way anyway.  Thoughts?  Ideas?  Wisdom?

  $arr[$RANDOM%$#arr+1] ?

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wbw, artur

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