Section 1 · User commands

shuf.1

Package: coreutils-common

SHUF

NAME
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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 © 2024 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.