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expanded sth; capitalized first letter of sentence; added formatting to sample elements

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edited Nov 13, 2017 at 13:59

ifIf I have sth.something like:

echo 1 2 3 4 5 6

echo man woman child

what do I have to put behind the pipe to pick out one element of 1 2 3 4 5 61 2 3 4 5 6 or man woman child man woman child?

echo 1 2 3 4 5 6 | command
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if I have sth. like

echo 1 2 3 4 5 6

echo man woman child

what do I have to put behind the pipe to pick out one element of 1 2 3 4 5 6 or man woman child ?

echo 1 2 3 4 5 6 | command
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If I have something like:

echo 1 2 3 4 5 6

echo man woman child

what do I have to put behind the pipe to pick out one element of 1 2 3 4 5 6 or man woman child?

echo 1 2 3 4 5 6 | command
3

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asked Mar 13, 2016 at 0:14

How to pick a random element from the output of a command?

if I have sth. like

echo 1 2 3 4 5 6

echo man woman child

what do I have to put behind the pipe to pick out one element of 1 2 3 4 5 6 or man woman child ?

echo 1 2 3 4 5 6 | command
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command-line random