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38 .Nd print a random permutation of the command line arguments
42 .Op Fl f Ar filename ...
50 program prints a random permutation (or
52 of its command line arguments.
53 This can be useful in shell scripts for selecting a
54 random order in which to do a set of tasks, view a set of files, etc.
58 option is given, the data is taken from that files' contents or if the
65 option is given, its argument is treated as a number, and the program
66 prints a random permutation of the numbers greater than or equal to 0
67 and less than the argument.
71 option is given, its argument is treated as a number, and the program
72 prints that number of randomly selected lines or arguments in a random order.
76 option changes the field separator character from \en to \e0, so that
77 the output is suitable to be sent to
79 (to handle filenames with whitespace in them).
81 .Bd -literal -offset indent
87 $ shuffle -p 1 a b c d
99 program first appeared in
104 .Aq perry@piermont.com .