SHUF(1) User Commands SHUF(1) NAME shuf - generate random permutations SYNOPSIS shuf [OPTION]... [FILE] shuf -e [OPTION]... [ARG]... shuf -i LO-HI [OPTION]... DESCRIPTION Write a random permutation of the input lines to standard output. 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 end lines with 0 byte, not newline --help display this help and exit --version output version information and exit With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input. GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/> Report shuf translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/> AUTHOR Written by Paul Eggert. COPYRIGHT Copyright © 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent per‐ mitted by law. SEE ALSO The full documentation for shuf is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and shuf programs are properly installed at your site, the command