shuf — generate random permutations
shuf [OPTION...] [FILE]
shuf −e [OPTION...] [ARG...]
shuf −i LO−HI [OPTION...]
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, −−echotreat each ARG as an input line
−i, −−input−range=LO−HItreat each number LO through HI as an input line
−n, −−head−count=COUNToutput at most COUNT lines
−o, −−output=FILEwrite result to FILE instead of standard output
−−random−source=FILEget random bytes from FILE
−r, −−repeatoutput lines can be repeated
−z, −−zero−terminatedline delimiter is NUL, not newline
−−helpdisplay this help and exit
−−versionoutput version information and exit
GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
Report shuf translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
Full documentation at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/shuf>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) shuf invocation'
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Copyright © 2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://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. |