Re: viewing random list of files in dired

[dkcombs@panix.com (David Combs)]

In article <gkvcbi$ltf$1@news.albasani.net>,
Rupert Swarbrick  <rswarbrick@gmail.com> wrote:
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>Andreas Politz <politza@fh-trier.de> writes:
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>> Hi,
>>
>> is it possible to view a random list of files with dired ?
>>
>> What I really want is to examine a couple 100 of images from
>> different directories as thumbnails with associated filename.
>> The names come from the command line. None of the programs I
>> have tried (gthumb,gqview,xzgv,feh) can do it.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> -ap
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>I don't know whether dired will do this directly, but for a similar
>problem in the past I used the following approach: create a temporary
>directory and make symbolic links to each of the files in the list (if
>you really mean random, you can pipe your command through eg shuf),
>naming them 00001 00002 etc.
>
>The result will be ordered however you choose (based on the ordering you
>fed to your "counter") and you can just wipe the temporary directory
             ^^^^^^^^^
>when done.
>
>Rupert
>
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What's this "counter" you mention as a help in a dired-order?

Thanks!

David