Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!uupsi!cmcl2!adm!news From: d3e608%pnli.pnl.gov@pnlg.pnl.gov Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: random numbers in awk? Message-ID: <26019@adm.brl.mil> Date: 14 Feb 91 20:30:39 GMT Sender: news@adm.brl.mil Lines: 8 I'm trying to write a csh script to extract a random multiline record from a file. Awk does a nice job of getting the records. Now how do I choose one randomly? Thanks, Jeff Nye, K6-10 email: d3e608%pnli.pnl.gov@pnlg.pnl.gov Battelle PNL voice: (509) 376-4571, days, PDT PO Box 999 Richland, WA 99352