How to move X number of files randomly in Mac terminal?

Question

How can I move 100 random files from one directory to another in the Mac terminal? I would use shuf in linux.

See https://stackoverflow.com/a/29959939/7552 – glenn jackman Jun 22 '18 at 15:36 — glenn jackman, Jun 22 '18 at 15:36

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 22 '18 at 17:31

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Based on glenn's commend, here's the answer (this would move 100 random files in the current directory):

shuf -zen100 * | xargs -0 -J % mv % /New_Dir/

answered Jun 22 '18 at 17:31

yalpsid eman

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