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Re: feature request: sleep --random


From: Jim Meyering
Subject: Re: feature request: sleep --random
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:28:25 +0200

Pádraig Brady wrote:
> Pádraig Brady wrote:
>> sleep $(seq .1 .1 4 | head -n $(($RANDOM%40 +1)) | tail -n1)
>
> Or more concisely using just coreutils logic:
>
> sleep $(seq .1 .1 4 | shuf | head -n1)

Or save a pipe+process:

    sleep $(seq .1 .1 4 | shuf --head=1)




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