Re: Bash: check if a value is into an array

[Max Nikulin]

On 23/10/2026 12:08 am, Greg Wooledge wrote:

Harnessing shuf(1) to shuffle a list of filenames presents its own flavor
of challenge.

[...]

cd /wherever || exit
readarray -t -d '' playlist < <( printf '%s\0' * | shuf -z )
for file in "${playlist[@]}"; do
     mpv -- "$file"
done

I had in mind something like

find /wherever -type f -print0 | shuf -z -n 10 | xargs -0 -n 1 mpv --

perhaps with more filtering options.