MP3 shuffling script meant for use with portable players that lack the capability, like the Mighty DWARF. Place in a folder with all your MP3s to shuffle, and they will get renamed pretty randomly. Can be launched multiple times, ignores files with *.command extension, ignores subfolder contents (renames subfolders, could be used for "album shuf…

_shuffle.command

#!/usr/bin/env bash
# mp3 shuffling script for portable players that lack it
# put in a folder with target files, they will be renamed

cd "$(dirname "$0")"
D=$(date "+%s")

for N in *; do
	test "${N##*.}" = "command" && continue  # don't rename our script
	X=$(md5<<< "$D$N").${N##*.}
	test -f "$N" && test -f "$X" || (mv "$N" "$X" && echo mv "$N" "$X")
done

echo "Press ENTER to close..."
read