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		GrumpySloth on May 8, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: OpenBSD cron(8) now supports random ranges with st... And if you have jot, but not Perl, like on a bare FreeBSD install: `0 /8 * * sleep "$(jot -r 1 0 599)" && ~/.config/jobs/fetch-tcl-logs`

zeroimpl on May 8, 2023 [–]

Might as well just use bash

    sleep $((RANDOM % 600)) && fetch-tcl-logs

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