read_random_note_linux.py

from random import randint
import os
cmd = "ls -l ~/lpthw/notes.txt | grep notes.txt | awk '{print $5}'"
total = os.popen(cmd).read()
notes = open("/home/foss-ter/lpthw/notes.txt")
#motd = open("/etc/motd", "w")
count = 0
# I could do a get size of the file then do a range based on the bytes of that file then check for -'s and increase count by 1 then print out the line
# and continue printing the line until it encounters another --
# simplify the output of ls then use seek(bytes) to make the randint range to the amount of bytes! To make it scalable
notes.seek((randint(0,int(total))))

while count < 2:
    line = notes.readline()
    if '--' in line and count <= 2:
        count += 1
    elif '--' not in line and count > 0 and count <= 2:
        print(line, end="")
    else:
        continue

notes.close()