Stefano Zacchiroliis there really no standard UNIX filter that act likes "probabilistic cat", outputing one line or not with a given probability? (yes, i know it can be emulated with awk/perl oneliners, but still)
oh gawd, it just occurred to me, it should be called… wait for it… "stocat"
and #stocat is now a thing: https://bugs.debian.org/961638
Jacky Arzan