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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