RANDOM(6) BSD Games Manual RANDOM(6)NAMErandom — random lines from a file or random numbers
SYNOPSISrandom [-er] [denominator]
DESCRIPTION
Random reads lines from the standard input and copies them to the stan‐
dard 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 any‐
thing, 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 ALSOfortune(6)4th Berkeley Distribution March 31, 1994 4th Berkeley Distribution
