SHUFFLE

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

shuffle - shuffle and print arguments

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

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.

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

Written by Michael J. Pomraning.

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