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Random item from list in bash
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| # Array with expressions | |
| dishes=(":hamburger:" ":pizza:" ":poultry_leg:" ":rice:" ":curry:" ":ramen:" ":spaghetti:" ":sushi:") | |
| # Seed random generator | |
| RANDOM=$$$(date +%s) | |
| # Get random expression... | |
| selecteddish=${dishes[$RANDOM % ${#dishes[@]} ]} | |
| echo $selecteddish |
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Gracefully copied from somebody on Stackoverflow, modified by me to make it more tasty.