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
     GNU             coreutils             home             page:
     <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
     General        help        using        GNU        software:
     <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
     Report        shuf        translation        bugs         to
     <http://translationproject.org/team/>



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COPYRIGHT
     Copyright c 2010 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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