Can a shell script find all groups of consecutive lines matching the same regex and shuffle them?
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I'm writing quizzes for my students in a markdown language. One of the quizzes
might look like this:
% QUESTION
Who played drums for The Beatles?
(X) Ringo
( ) John
( ) Paul
( ) George
% QUESTION
What is the first line of MOBY DICK?
(X) Call me Ishmael.
( ) foo
( ) bar
( ) spam
( ) eggs
I'd like to randomize all of these multiple choice options. So, I think I need a
shell script that:
1) Finds all blocks of consecutive lines that start with (X) or ( ).
2) Shuffles each of these blocks of lines.
Is this possible? I know that
shuf
and sort -R
will randomize the lines of
any text but I'm not sure of how to go about isolating these blocks of options.
Asked by Brian Fitzpatrick
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Jan 6, 2021, 08:24 AM
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Last activity: Jan 7, 2021, 03:46 AM