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SHUF(1) 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.

With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.

Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.

treat each ARG as an input line
treat each number LO through HI as an input line
output at most COUNT lines
write result to FILE instead of standard output
get random bytes from FILE
output lines can be repeated
line delimiter is NUL, not newline
display this help and exit
output version information and exit

AUTHOR

Written by Paul Eggert.

REPORTING BUGS

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COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO

Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/shuf>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) shuf invocation'

March 2024 GNU coreutils 9.4