shuf - generate random permutations
shuf [OPTION
]... [FILE
]
shuf -e
[OPTION
]...
[ARG
]...
shuf -i LO-HI
[OPTION
]...
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
LO-HI
treat each number LO through HI as an input line
COUNT
output at most COUNT lines
FILE
write result to FILE instead of standard output
FILE
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
Written by Paul Eggert.
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This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There
is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
Full documentation
<https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/shuf>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) shuf invocation'