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import random
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import subprocess
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import sys
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# This script is used to open a selected number of randomly chosen images on
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# Mac OS X (although it could trivially be ported to Linux). The script
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# requires a index of all image files in order to efficiently choose images.
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# To create index (in home directory):
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#
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# find -L <PATH_TO_IMAGES> \( ! -name '.*' \) -type f > ~/index.txt
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def main():
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if len(sys.argv) < 2:
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print 'ERROR: you must specify and index file'
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return -1
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# Grab the
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try:
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count = int(sys.argv[2])
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except (IndexError, ValueError):
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count = 10
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index_count = 0
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with open(sys.argv[1]) as index:
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# Count the number of lines in the index
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for line in index:
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index_count += 1
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print 'Index count: {:d}\n'.format(index_count)
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# Generate random numbers corresponding to randomly index into the
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# index
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random_indexes = []
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for ctr in xrange(count):
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rand_idx = random.randint(1, index_count)
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random_indexes.append(rand_idx)
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# Iterate over the lines in the index again and grab lines that match
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# the randomly chosen indexes
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iter_idx = 0
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index.seek(0, 0)
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path_list = []
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for line in index:
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iter_idx += 1
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if iter_idx in random_indexes:
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file_path = line.strip()
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print '{:d} - {:s}'.format(iter_idx, file_path)
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path_list.append('"{:s}"'.format(file_path))
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# Open the randomly chosen files
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# print ' '.join(path_list)
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subprocess.call('open {:s}'.format(' '.join(path_list)), shell=True)
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if __name__ == '__main__':
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sys.exit(main())
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