rand

NAME

rand - print one of the arguments chosen at random

SYNTAX

rand [ARG]...

DESCRIPTION

Prints one of the command-line arguments, chosen at random.

EXAMPLE

Roll a dice:

: rand `ap 1 6`

Flip a lot of coins:

: while :; do echo `rand heads tails`; done

Surprise me with a bad colour for the window:

: xterm -bg `rand red green blue`

AUTHOR

Written by Adam Curtin, Yellowduck Ltd.

REPORTING BUGS

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2000 Yellowduck Ltd
This is free software. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO

ap(1)