randomize execution the a script?

[Charles Howse]

> > I don't happen to have random installed on my system, however jot is
> 
> It's in /usr/games/random of FreeBSD 4.8.
> 
> > Won't randomNumber=$? Just return 0 if the previous command 
> completes
> > successfully?
> > Shouldn't it be:
> > randomNumber=`random -e 60`
> 
> No. In 'man 6 random', it says:
> 
>      random [-er] [-f filename] [denominator]
> 
>      -e      If the -e option is specified, random does not 
> read or write any-
>              thing, and simply exits with a random exit value of 0 to
>              denominator - 1, inclusive.
> 
> So you must capture its exit value for the random number :).

Good enough!  Thanks for the info!  :)