Best way to choose a random file from a directory in a shell script

Question

What is the best way to choose a random file from a directory in a shell script?

Here is my solution in Bash but I would be very interested for a more portable (non-

Answer 1

# ******************************************************************
# ******************************************************************
function randomFile {
  tmpFile=$(mktemp)

  files=$(find . -type f > $tmpFile)
  total=$(cat "$tmpFile"|wc -l)
  randomNumber=$(($RANDOM%$total))

  i=0
  while read line;  do
    if [ "$i" -eq "$randomNumber" ];then
      # Do stuff with file
      amarok $line
      break
    fi
    i=$[$i+1]
  done < $tmpFile
  rm $tmpFile
}