## 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 line delimiter is NUL, not newline

--help display this help and exit

--version output version information and exit

With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.

## AUTHOR

Written by Paul Eggert.

## REPORTING BUGS

GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
Report shuf translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2014 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 permitted by law.

## SEE ALSO

Full documentation at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/shuf>
or available locally via: info (aq(coreutils) shuf invocation(aq