Mplayer Shuffle Command: Play Files In Random Order

The mplayer media player can be used to play files in a random order using the -shuffle option. The -shuffle option randomly selects files from a given list of files and plays them in the order specified by the random selection.

Here’s an example of how you can use the -shuffle option to play a list of audio files in a random order:

This command will play all the .mp3 files in the current directory in a random order.

Note that mplayer will only shuffle the files once, and will not change the order of playback during the course of the session. To continuously shuffle the files, you will need to stop and restart the mplayer session with the -shuffle option.