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-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

     -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 shuf bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
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     <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
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User Commands						  SHUF(1)



COPYRIGHT
     Copyright c 2009 Free  Software  Foundation,  Inc.	  License
     GPLv3+:	  GNU	   GPL	   version     3     or	    later
     <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
     This is free software: you	are free to change and	redistri-
     bute  it.	 There is NO WARRANTY, 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 coreutils shuf invocation

     should give you access to the complete manual.







































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