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<wob_jonas> learn Aristotle said that every illness can be cured by balancing the four vitreous humors, and everyone believed him for two thousand years, even though people still died of illnesses. It wasn\'t until the 20th century that Szent-Gy\xc3\xb6rgyi Albert realized that Aristotle didn\'t find fifth kind of vitreous humor, vitamin C, because the Greek alphabet
author HackBot
date Mon, 01 Jan 2018 17:57:43 +0000
parents 84da026b16a5
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#!/bin/sh
cd /var/irclogs/_esoteric

pasterandom() {
    if [ "$1" -gt 150 ]; then
        echo "No."
        exit
    fi
    for i in $(seq "$1"); do
        file=$(shuf -en 1 ????-??-??.txt)
        echo "$file:$(shuf -n 1 $file)"
    done | paste
}

if [ "$1" ]; then
    if expr "$1" + 0 >/dev/null 2>&1; then
        pasterandom "$1"
    else
        lines=$(grep -P -i -- "$1" ????-??-??.txt | head -n 301)
        {
            echo "$lines" | head -n 300
            [ $(echo "$lines" | wc -l) -eq 301 ] && echo "[too many lines; stopping]"
        } | paste
    fi
else
    pasterandom 40
fi