choose is a command line utility that randomly selects items from a list passed on standard input. It takes as arguments the number of items to choose as well as the character(s) used to delimit list items.
$ seq 100 | choose 5
67
69
7
38
38
$ echo -e 'A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L,M,N,O,P,Q,R,S,T,U,V,W,X,Y,Z' | choose 3 -d ,
T
D
E
./target/release/choose --help
choose 0.1.0
Aaron Greenberg <[email protected]>
a command line tool for random selection from a list
USAGE:
choose [OPTIONS] [count]
FLAGS:
-h, --help Prints help information
-V, --version Prints version information
OPTIONS:
-d <delimiter> list delimiter [default:
]
ARGS:
<count> number of items to choose [default: 1]