Randomly delete half your files with Lots

The other day, I figured it would be cool to randomly delete half of all my computer files. So I wrote a program that helps me do that! It's called lots, named after the form of cleromancy mentioned frequently in the Bible. I leave the fate of my /boot/loader/ to Him.

Lots doesn't actually delete or modify files itself; it returns a randomly-selected list of files, which you can then pipe into other commands.

# WARNING!!!! DO NOT RUN THIS LMAO

$ lots | xargs rm
#        ^
#        Executes the `rm` command for each file.

I chose this design for several reasons:

• Flexibility: You can pipe the output into anything you want! vim, git, rsync, I don't ask questions.
• Customization: Lots features a suite of options specialized for file selection, such as percentage-based or value-based selection strategies, recursive depth limits, and various filtering options.
• Safety: Nuking half your files with a short command like lots would be beyond terrifying. This selection-oriented style prevents the user from accidentally Thanos snapping their system.

More examples

# Randomly delete a single file on your computer.
$ lots -n1 | rm

# Randomly print the basename of 32% of your elephant photos.
$ lots -p32 ~/Pictures/elephants/ | xargs --max-args 1 basename