Shuf

🎓 A collection of things I've learned


Shuf

❯ shuf --help
Usage: shuf [OPTION]... [FILE]
  or:  shuf -e [OPTION]... [ARG]...
  or:  shuf -i LO-HI [OPTION]...
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