SHUF(1) User Commands SHUF(1)NAMEshuf - generate random permutations
SYNOPSISshuf [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
-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 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/>
Report shuf translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
Packaged by Gentoo (8.21 (p1.0))
Copyright (C) 2013 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'
should give you access to the complete manual.
GNU coreutils 8.21 February 2013 SHUF(1)
