This is a rather peculiar little script with a purpose that may not be immediately apparent. The script will look for files in the specified folder; it will then pick one at random from the list of matches and create a soft link to it. How is this useful, you ask? There are situations where you want to access the same file name but get something different once in a while.
Imagine you access “default.htm”, which is a dynamically updated link to a random page from a given set. Or, perhaps, you have an application use a particular file for input and you want to rotate the input sources at random, selecting from a specific set of choices.
Read more: http://www.krazyworks.com/random-filename-chooser/
Random Filename Chooser
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