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NAME¶
shuf - generate random permutations
SYNOPSIS¶
shuf [OPTION]... [FILE]
shuf -e [OPTION]... [ARG]...
shuf -i LO-HI [OPTION]...
DESCRIPTION¶
Write a random permutation of the input lines to standard output.
With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
- -e, --echo
- treat each ARG as an input line
- -i, --input-range=LO-HI
- treat each number LO through HI as an input line
- -n, --head-count=COUNT
- output at most COUNT lines
- -o, --output=FILE
- write result to FILE instead of standard output
- --random-source=FILE
- get random bytes from FILE
- -r, --repeat
- output lines can be repeated
- -z, --zero-terminated
- line delimiter is NUL, not newline
- --help
- display this help and exit
- --version
- output version information and exit
AUTHOR¶
Written by Paul Eggert.
REPORTING BUGS¶
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COPYRIGHT¶
Copyright © 2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License
GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
<https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO
WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO¶
Full documentation
<https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/shuf>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) shuf invocation'
September 2022 | GNU coreutils 9.1 |