Randomize the order of lines in a text file.

awk 'BEGIN {srand()} {print int(rand()*1000000) "\t" $0}' FILE | sort -n | cut -f 2-
Replace FILE with a filename (or - for stdin).

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By: udim
2009-04-19 20:04:58
awk cut sort
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What about: sort -R FILE 12 characters ;-)
dfego · 880 weeks and 3 days ago
doh!
udim · 880 weeks and 3 days ago

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