randomize(1) randomize(1)
NAME
randomize - randomize lines from a file or from stdin
SYNOPSIS
randomize [-h(elp)] [-0/-z(ero_terminated)] [file...]
DESCRIPTION
randomize prints out the lines of one or more files in random order.
If no file is specified, lines are taken from stdin.
OPTIONS
-h Print help and quit.
-0 Assume that lines are separated with NULL characters instead of
EOL characters. This is intended to work with the -print0
option of find and/or the -0/--null option of xargs.
-z Synonym for the -0 option.
NOTES
The number and length of lines is limited by system memory. The entire
contents of all lines to be randomized must fit into memory at once.
A program called shuf was added to the GNU coreutils 6.0 in 2006. It
operates very similarly to randomize. Also, version 6.1 of coreutils
added the -R option to sort to make it provide randomized output. If
you are trying to write highly portable shell scripts, you might con-
sider using shuf or sort -R instead.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2004-2020 by Brian Lindholm. This program is free soft-
ware; you can use it, redistribute it, and/or modify it under the terms
of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MER-
CHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General
Public License for more details.
littleutils 2020 Oct 16 randomize(1)
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