Since it's a slow night on the list I thought I'd ask an OT question too. It doesn't directly pertain to SA but it does pertain to anti-spam fun. Please excuse it nevertheless.
Background: I have a text file of userids. It's has a very large number of userids. I can quickly append one of a number of domains to each of those lines if needed to make each line contain a completely functional email address. Problem: I need to extract a random sampling of these lines. For example I need to randomly extract 5000 of them so I can use them for a variety of purposes. :) I'm primarily using these addresses from the CLI with a little bash for loop and Curl (ah hem). I need to be able to randomize the userids so they are quite so obivous. I also need to limit the total number of random entries to say 5000 (more than that and it should be obvious what I'm doing to even someone as dumb as a spammer). In the end I'd like to choose one of my domains at random as well. (the plot thickens...) What I don't know how to do is randomly pick a line from a file. Like I said I'm doing this from the CLI where it only takes a nominal amount of shell scripting to have a working product in the end. Any tips would be greatly welcomed. All of my work comes back to benefit us all in the end, as long as you're a *zor user. If you want more details, ask off list. Thanks Justin ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: eBay Get office equipment for less on eBay! http://adfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/711-11697-6916-5 _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
