Section (1) shuf
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.
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
REPORTING BUGS
GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>
SEE ALSO
Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/shuf>
or available locally via: info _zsingle_quotesz_(coreutils) shuf invocation_zsingle_quotesz_
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