[NTLUG:Discuss] Bash script question

[Lance Simmons]

* Chris Cox <cjcox at acm.org> [050119 15:19]:
> 
> Off the top of my head (this is bash)
> 
> file="$1"
> # Cheep seeding (good enough?)
> RANDOM=$(expr $(date +%d%S%M%S) % 32767)
> for (( i=1; i <= 40; i++)); do
> 	s=$(expr $RANDOM % 100)
> 	sed -n "${s}p" $file
> done

A noticeable percentage of the time, sed chokes on line address 0.

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Lance Simmons
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