1RANDOM(6)                      BSD Games Manual                      RANDOM(6)
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NAME

4     random — random lines from a file or random numbers
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SYNOPSIS

7     random [-er] [denominator]
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DESCRIPTION

10     random reads lines from the standard input and copies them to the stan‐
11     dard output with a probability of 1/denominator.  The default value for
12     denominator is 2.
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14     The options are as follows:
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16     -e      If the -e option is specified, random does not read or write any‐
17             thing, and simply exits with a random exit value of 0 to
18             denominator-1, inclusive.
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20     -r      The -r option guarantees that the output is unbuffered.
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SEE ALSO

23     fortune(6)
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25BSD                             March 31, 1994                             BSD