IF you're comfortable with php, it would be quite easy to do a
randomize on the file.
<?php
if ($argc > 1)
{
ini_set('auto_detect_line_endings', true);
$lines = file($argv[1]);
$count = count($lines);
while ($count > 0)
{
$index = rand(0, count($lines));
echo $lines[$index];
array_splice($lines, $index, 1);
$count = count($lines);
}
}
else
{
echo 'Usage: php -f randomize.php Infile.txt'."\n";
}
?>
The php "file" function automatically works with your local file
extension, reads the file 1 line per array item, then outputs them
randomly including the original line ending. This script coupled with
output redirection (i.e. "php -f randomize.php Input.txt >
Output.txt") can do what you want very quickly.
On Jan 29, 2008, at 6:07 AM, Paul Cezanne wrote:
I needed to do this also, but for about 4,000 lines. Frankly, I just
used Excel. I dropped a random number into a column, sorted on that
column, and then deleted the column.
Worked like a charm.
-----Original Message-----
From: BBEdit-Talk List on behalf of After Hours
Sent: Fri 1/25/2008 11:01 AM
To: BBEdit-Talk List
Subject: Randomize lines
I have an unusual need to randomize a text file with about 500 lines
(defined by CR line endings).
Is there a method I've not discovered in BBEdit that will randomize
such a text file?
thx.
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