1 /* $NetBSD: random.c,v 1.13 2009/07/20 05:33:35 dholland Exp $ */
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35 #include <sys/cdefs.h>
37 __COPYRIGHT("@(#) Copyright (c) 1994\
38 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.");
43 static char sccsid
[] = "@(#)random.c 8.6 (Berkeley) 6/1/94";
45 __RCSID("$NetBSD: random.c,v 1.13 2009/07/20 05:33:35 dholland Exp $");
49 #include <sys/types.h>
60 static void usage(void) __dead
;
63 main(int argc
, char *argv
[])
67 int ch
, random_exit
, selected
, unbuffer_output
;
71 random_exit
= unbuffer_output
= 0;
72 while ((ch
= getopt(argc
, argv
, "er")) != -1)
95 denom
= strtod(*argv
, &ep
);
98 if (denom
== 0 || *ep
!= '\0')
99 errx(1, "denominator is not valid.");
106 (void)gettimeofday(&tp
, NULL
);
107 srandom((unsigned long)tp
.tv_usec
+ tp
.tv_sec
+ getpid());
109 /* Compute a random exit status between 0 and denom - 1. */
111 return ((denom
* random()) / RANDOM_MAX
);
114 * Act as a filter, randomly choosing lines of the standard input
115 * to write to the standard output.
118 setbuf(stdout
, NULL
);
121 * Select whether to print the first line. (Prime the pump.)
122 * We find a random number between 0 and denom - 1 and, if it's
123 * 0 (which has a 1 / denom chance of being true), we select the
126 selected
= (int)(denom
* random() / RANDOM_MAX
) == 0;
127 while ((ch
= getchar()) != EOF
) {
131 /* End of that line. See if we got an error. */
135 /* Now see if the next line is to be printed. */
136 selected
= (int)(denom
* random() / RANDOM_MAX
) == 0;
150 (void)fprintf(stderr
, "usage: random [-er] [denominator]\n");