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iautom8things/random_new_line_from_file.sh

Created August 19, 2014 12:31
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Concat a random line from one file to another file every few seconds.
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random_new_line_from_file.sh
do
head -$((${RANDOM} % `wc -l < from_file ` + 1)) from_file | tail -1 >> to_file
sleep 1.5
done
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