random_run
run a command with randomized list of arguments (C++17)
read the manpage for details
Basically, this is a toy project to learn some features of C++17.
It proves to be surprisingly useful to me, I have some large collections of files that I occasionally want to peruse (videos / music) in a random order, but the tools I use are not too good for that (between the large lists and the spaces in some names).
For instance, mpv shuffle will replay the same file several times.
Occasionally, I also want to filter files, e.g., exclude pdf files from mpv perview.
Another useful instance is feh. feh has a random mode, but you don't know what it actually displays. So if you want to remove a picture from a large set of backgrounds, rr comes to the rescue: instead of something like
feh -Z --bg-center -z backgrounds/
you can use something like
rr -1vr feh -Z --bg-center -- backgrounds/
and presto! you've got your image name.
Also works great with xwallpaper in a hurry.