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Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2012 19:19:33 +0200
From: Mark van Dijk <lists+zsh@internecto.net>
To: zsh-users@zsh.org
Subject: Having random output from a file
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Hello,

I have a file that contains quotes that are separated by a blank line. Can zsh
help me to randomly output a quote from that file or should I use awk, or grep
or so? Should the first quote be prefaced by a blank line?

Thanks for helping me,
-Mark.