initial commit of bin scripts into git

names_out_of_a_hat.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+num=$#
+
+ARGV=( "$@" )
+
+if [ $num -lt 2 ]; then
+	echo "need a list of names to choose from"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+r=$(( ( RANDOM % $num ) ))
+
+echo -n "And the winner is number $r: "
+
+echo "${ARGV[$r]}"