User Commands                                             SHUF(1)



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 .

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright O 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
     This is free software.  You may redistribute  copies  of  it
     under   the   terms   of  the  GNU  General  Public  License
     .    There    is    NO



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     WARANTY, 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.

ATRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:

     
       ATRIBUTE TYPE      ATRIBUTE VALUE  
    
     Availability         SUNWgnu-coreutils 
    
     Interface Stability  Uncommitted       
    

NOTES
     Source    for    GNU    coreutils    is     available     on
     http:/opensolaris.org.





























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