shuf

Langue: en

Version: June 2007 (fedora - 16/08/07)

Section: 1 (Commandes utilisateur)

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.

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-lines=LINES
output at most LINES lines
-o, --output=FILE
write result to FILE instead of standard output
--random-source=FILE
get random bytes from FILE (default /dev/urandom)
-z, --zero-terminated
end lines with 0 byte, not newline
--help
display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit

With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.

AUTHOR

Written by Paul Eggert.

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>. Copyright © 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO

The full documentation for shuf is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and shuf programs are properly installed at your site, the command
info shuf

should give you access to the complete manual.