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.TH SHUF "1" "March 2015" "GNU coreutils 8.23" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
shuf \- generate random permutations
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B shuf
[\fIOPTION\fR]... [\fIFILE\fR]
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.B shuf
\fI-e \fR[\fIOPTION\fR]... [\fIARG\fR]...
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.B shuf
\fI-i LO-HI \fR[\fIOPTION\fR]...
.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
Write a random permutation of the input lines to standard output.
.PP
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
.TP
\fB\-e\fR, \fB\-\-echo\fR
treat each ARG as an input line
.TP
\fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-input\-range\fR=\fILO\-HI\fR
treat each number LO through HI as an input line
.TP
\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-head\-count\fR=\fICOUNT\fR
output at most COUNT lines
.TP
\fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-output\fR=\fIFILE\fR
write result to FILE instead of standard output
.TP
\fB\-\-random\-source\fR=\fIFILE\fR
get random bytes from FILE
.TP
\fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-repeat\fR
output lines can be repeated
.TP
\fB\-z\fR, \fB\-\-zero\-terminated\fR
line delimiter is NUL, not newline
.TP
\fB\-\-help\fR
display this help and exit
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
output version information and exit
.PP
With no FILE, or when FILE is \-, read standard input.
.SH AUTHOR
Written by Paul Eggert.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
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Report shuf translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
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This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
Full documentation at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/shuf>
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or available locally via: info \(aq(coreutils) shuf invocation\(aq