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July 21, 2019 07:58
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A short bash script to simulate a coinflip.
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| FLIP=$(($(($RANDOM%10))%2)) | |
| if [ $FLIP -eq 1 ];then | |
| echo "heads" | |
| else | |
| echo "tails" | |
| fi |
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@srozanc-mcs ah, that works because the value returned by (()) is also the return code! (That must also be why the
setoption to bail on any error may unexpectedly bail on a line that includes (()), depending on the result.)