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Re: Random sort qualifier

On 17 February 2010 17:02, Mikael Magnusson <mikachu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 17 February 2010 16:59, Mikael Magnusson <mikachu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Possibly mostly useful for selecting a single random file via *(or[1])
>> I only looked at the involved functions for about 3 minutes so I can
>> make no guarantees more than "It seems to work."
>
> Of course, a minute after sending, I realized the same effect can be
> achieved with *(oe:'REPLY=$RANDOM':[1]), not sure if it's worth having
> a short form for it. (You can make a  function for it and then say
> *(+randsort[1]) too).

Grr, *(o+randsort[1]) of course :).

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Mikael Magnusson
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