shuf (1) Linux Manual Page
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
AUTHOR
Written by Paul Eggert.
REPORTING BUGS
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COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2020 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’