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, --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
-
-r, --repeat
- output lines can be repeated
-
-z, --zero-terminated
- line delimiter is NUL, not newline
- --help
- display this help and exit
- --version
- output version information and exit
Written by Paul Eggert.
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This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO
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Full documentation <
https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/shuf>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) shuf invocation'