[FWP] random order

[Andy Bach <root@wiwb.uscourts.gov>]

Okay, not original,

The 6/00 Server/Workstation Expert Work column (Copeland&Haemer) had the
request for a script to randomize the lines of a text file, w/ one result
being: 
perl -pe 'splice @a, rand $.,0, $_} for(@a) {'
from a Peter Kernan. Cute/cool use of the -p brackets.

a

Andy Bach, Sys. Mangler     	    CC:Mail andy bach at ~7ca-chicago
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