====== Playing random videos from a directory using MPlayer ======

The following shell script plays avi, mpeg and wmv files in a random order when executed in a directory containing files.

<code bash>
#!/bin/bash
ls -1Q \
| awk 'BEGIN {FS="\n"} /.*.(avi|mpg|mpeg|wmv)/ {printf("%i\t%s\n",rand()*10^6,$1) }' \
| sort | cut -f2 | xargs mplayer -fs
</code>

{{tag>util awk mplayer bash}}

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