Nick : Staz
A computer science student at WaikatoUniversity.
Has a flat on Galloway St.
Works for WandGroup
IFS=$'\n'; lines=($(aptitude search ~g)) count=${#lines[@]}; random_index=$((RANDOM % count)); echo "${lines[random_index]}"
More easily:
aptitude search ~g | while read ; do echo "$RANDOM $REPLY" ; done | sort -n | head -1 | cut -d' ' -f2-
3 pages link to BenStaz: