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6 shuf - generate random permutations
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9 shuf [OPTION]... [FILE]
10 shuf -e [OPTION]... [ARG]...
11 shuf -i LO-HI [OPTION]...
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14 Write a random permutation of the input lines to standard output.
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19 -e, --echo
20 treat each ARG as an input line
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22 -i, --input-range=LO-HI
23 treat each number LO through HI as an input line
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25 -n, --head-count=COUNT
26 output at most COUNT lines
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29 write result to FILE instead of standard output
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31 --random-source=FILE
32 get random bytes from FILE
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40 --help display this help and exit
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45 With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.
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47 GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
48 Report shuf translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
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51 Written by Paul Eggert.
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54 Copyright © 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU
55 GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
56 This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
57 There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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60 The full documentation for shuf is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If
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70GNU coreutils 8.22 October 2018 SHUF(1)