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-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 (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 | |
AUTHOR
Written by Paul Eggert.
REPORTING BUGS
Report shuf bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/> General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2009 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.
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 coreutils 'shuf invocation' | |
