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1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/bin/rndf.sh b/bin/rndf.sh new file mode 100644 index 00000000..21aa76a6 --- /dev/null +++ b/bin/rndf.sh @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +# Choose a random file from a given directory using rnda(1df); ignores dot +# files + +# Directory is first argument; defaults to current directory +dir=${1:-.} + +# Set the positional parameters to all the non-dotfiles in that directory +set -- "$dir"/* + +# Check for an unexpanded glob (empty directory) +if ! [ -e "$1" ] ; then + printf >&2 'rndf: No files found in %s\n' "$dir" + exit 1 +fi + +# Print a random argument from the current positional parameters +rnda "$@" |