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Recent content by chihping
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Extract lines from a file
nevermind, I answered my own question. My solution was: sed -n $(($RANDOM % 2156))p filename if anyone was interested =)- chihping
- Post #8
- Forum: UNIX Scripting
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Extract lines from a file
Also, how would I apply modulus to it. Because I want random to return a number <2156. I want put $RANDOM%2156, but I am not sure how to use modulus in scripting. Thanks again- chihping
- Post #7
- Forum: UNIX Scripting
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Extract lines from a file
hi, I wanted to do something similar to this, but I want to extract a random line number. How would I go about doing this? I have tried to use: sed -n $RANDOMp sonnets.txt but that doesnt seem to work. Thanks in advance- chihping
- Post #6
- Forum: UNIX Scripting
