shuf1
Generate random permutations
Usage
shuf [OPTION] ...
[FILE]
shuf -e
[OPTION] ...
[ARG] ...
shuf -i
LO-HI
[OPTION] ...
Overview
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.
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-e, --echo -
treat each ARG as an input line
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-i, --input-range=LO-HI -
treat each number LO through HI as an input line
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-n, --head-count=COUNT -
output at most COUNT lines
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-o, --output=FILE -
write result to FILE instead of standard output
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--random-source=FILE -
get random bytes from FILE
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-r, --repeat -
output lines can be repeated
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-z, --zero-terminated -
line delimiter is NUL, not newline
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--help -
display this help and exit
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--version -
output version information and exit
Releases
10 releases since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); the text changed 9 times.
--head-count since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze);
--repeat since Debian 8 (Jessie);
-r since Debian 8 (Jessie).
--head-lines until Debian 5.0 (Lenny).