Re: Re: Re: random file selection

Sorry. I guess I should have added a usage line.

scriptname [-N=number of files] path\*.ext

Eg. script -N=10 *.pl will print the names of 30 .pl files from the current directory.

script "c:\My Files\*" will print the names 30 files of any type from the specified directory.

You might need to play with it a bit to make it work under *nix.

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Re: Re: Re: Re: random file selection by Anonymous Monk on Jun 13, 2003 at 20:35 UTC
I don't think that this works. Is there a simple explanation for it? Read more... (1039 Bytes)	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Re: Re: Re: random file selection by Anonymous Monk on Jun 13, 2003 at 20:29 UTC
I don't think that this works. Is there a simple explanation for it? Read more... (1101 Bytes)	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: random file selection by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Jun 13, 2003 at 20:44 UTC
As your error messges gives line 17 as the culprit and the script I posted only had 15 lines, I can only assume that you have modifed your version in some way. However, unless you post your version so that I can see the modifications, I cannot even begin to guess as to the cause of the problem. Examine what is said, not who speaks. "Efficiency is intelligent laziness." -David Dunham "When I'm working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I think only how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong." -Richard Buckminster Fuller	[reply]