Add rand_util() Function to .bashrc

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/.bashrc b/.bashrc
index b246209..01e951e 100644
--- a/.bashrc
+++ b/.bashrc
@@ -44,6 +44,12 @@ get_nonzero_retcode() {
     fi
 }
 
+# select a random binary from the corutils package and open the manual for it
+# works only on Arch Linux
+rand_util() {
+    pacman -Ql coreutils | grep bin | awk '{print $2}' | sed '/^.*\/$/d' | shuf -n 1 - | xargs man
+}
+
 PS1='[\e[31m$(get_nonzero_retcode)\e[0m\e[32;1m$(date +"%H:%M:%S")\e[0m \e[35;1m\u@\h\e[0m\e[33;1m$(parse_git_branch)\e[0m \e[36;1m\W\e[0m]
 $ '