One button / command to load & play random track?

[Henio]

What do you think?

This oneliner add 3 random songs from library to current playlist and play the first one.

Code:

mpc listall | shuf -n3 | mpc -q add && mpc play $(expr $(mpc playlist | wc -l) - 2)

You can create function (or script):

Code:

function rta() {
 if [ -z "$1" ]; then
  n="1"
 else
  n="$1"
 fi
 mpc listall | shuf -n "$n" | mpc -q add
 (( n-- ))
 mpc play $(expr $(mpc playlist | wc -l) - "$n" )
}

"rta n" adds n random tracks and play the first one.