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random-emoji.sh
EMOJI_JSON="$( curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/iamcal/emoji-data/master/emoji.json )"
RANDOM_EMOJI_DATA="$(
echo "${EMOJI_JSON}" |
jq -r '.[] | (.unified + "\t" + .short_name )' |
sort -R --random-source=<( for I in $( seq 1 1000 ); do echo "$SEED$I" | sha1sum; done ) |
head -n1 |
sed -r 's/^|-/\\U/g'
)"
RANDOM_EMOJI="$( echo -e "${RANDOM_EMOJI_DATA}" | cut -f1 )"
RANDOM_EMOJI_NAME="$( echo -e "${RANDOM_EMOJI_DATA}" | cut -f2 )"
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