#!/usr/bin/python

# randomly shuffle arguments and pass them to another program.
#
# the first argument is treated  as the name of a program to execute 
# with the shuffled arguments.

# example
#
# cd ~/music/the-perishers/let-there-be-morning
# shuffle mpg123 *.mp3
#
# plays all mp3 files in current directory in random order, using the mpeg audio 
# player mpg123.  (this example assumes your shell performs filename globbing,
# which good shells do.)

import random
import sys
import os

random.seed()
args = sys.argv[2:]
random.shuffle(args)
os.execvp(sys.argv[1], [sys.argv[1]] + args)