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Created January 15, 2016 13:35
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Copy a given number of random directories to another directory
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random_album_copy.sh
# Script I use to copy random albums to my mp3 player
# OS X, requires GNU coreutils
ls "$1" | gsort -R | tail -n $3 | while read file; do
cd "$1"; cp -R "$file" $2
done
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