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Bash: Way to get 700 lines out of a 1900 line file spread evenly

veryangryman · 2017-01-12 15:05:03

So if i have a file with 1900 lines, i want to take 700 lines out of it Thing is that for sake of load distribution, i want it evenly dispersed. Roughly every third line in this instance, but at the same time, i might select to take a different number of lines from the file. Any scalable solutions that come to mind?

12-01-2017 03:05PM

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veryangryman

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So if i have a file with 1900 lines, i want to take 700 lines out of it

Thing is that for sake of load distribution, i want it evenly dispersed. Roughly every third line in this instance, but at the same time, i might select to take a different number of lines from the file.

Any scalable solutions that come to mind?

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#2 12-01-2017 06:49PM

Talisman

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You should familiarise yourself with Reservoir sampling.

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