SHUFFLE

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: December 2004
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NAME

shuffle - shuffle and print arguments  

SYNOPSIS

shuffle [OPTIONS] [--] [ARG]...
shuffle OPTION  

DESCRIPTION

Shuffle and print the ARG(s) to standard output.
-c, --count=NUM
print only the first NUM ARG(s) after shuffling. If 0, print all shuffled ARG(s). Default: 0.
-s, --separator=STR
use STR as the output field separator, instead of a newline.
--help
display this help and exit.
--version
display version information and exit.

Note that option processing stops at the first non-option.  

EXAMPLE

To list no more than three files randomly selected from the /tmp directory:

shuffle -c 3 `ls -1 /tmp`

 

AUTHOR

Written by Michael J. Pomraning.  

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2004 Michael J. Pomraning

This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.


 

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