#! /bin/bash SRC_FILE=~/.local/scripts/data/bigBoiQuotes.dat RIDA=$(shuf -i 1-$[$(cat $SRC_FILE | wc -l)/4] | head -n1 ) QUOTE=$(sed -n $[2*${RIDA}+1]p $SRC_FILE) QUOTIST=$(sed -n $[2*${RIDA}+2]p $SRC_FILE) echo $QUOTE $QUOTIST