carloscabo/Randomly copy certain amount of certain file type from one directory into another.sh

## Randomly copy certain amount of certain file type from one directory into another.sh
# Randomly copy certain amount of certain file type from one directory into another
shuf -zn8 -e *.jpg | xargs -0 cp -vt target/

# shuf shuffles the list of *.jpg files in the current directory.
# -z is to zero-terminate each line, so that files with special characters are treated correctly.
# -n8 exits shuf after 8 files.
# xargs -0 reads the input delimited by a null character (from shuf -z) and runs cp.
# -v is to print every copy verbosely.
# -t is to specify the target directory.
	# Randomly copy certain amount of certain file type from one directory into another
	shuf -zn8 -e *.jpg \| xargs -0 cp -vt target/

	# shuf shuffles the list of *.jpg files in the current directory.
	# -z is to zero-terminate each line, so that files with special characters are treated correctly.
	# -n8 exits shuf after 8 files.
	# xargs -0 reads the input delimited by a null character (from shuf -z) and runs cp.
	# -v is to print every copy verbosely.
	# -t is to specify the target directory.