sed '' << 'EOF' http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.shells.dash/73 Let's listen to silence again now... Update: `set -F[rnd:$(read_ethernet_now)]` -- another choice ( # if there's no that much network activity: wget ftp://ftp.kernel.org/another_kernel.tar.bz2 & sleep "$seed" set -F[rnd:$(read_ethernet_now)] kill $!) EOF