NAME¶
random —
random lines from a file or
random numbers
SYNOPSIS¶
| random |
[-er]
[denominator] |
DESCRIPTION¶
random reads lines from the standard input and copies them to
the standard output with a probability of 1/denominator. The default value for
denominator is 2.
The options are as follows:
- -e
- If the -e option is specified,
random does not read or write anything, and simply exits
with a random exit value of 0 to denominator-1,
inclusive.
- -r
- The -r option guarantees that the output
is unbuffered.
SEE ALSO¶
fortune(6)
