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RANDOM(6)		       BSD Games Manual			     RANDOM(6)

NAME
     random — random lines from a file or random numbers

SYNOPSIS
     random [-er] [denominator]

DESCRIPTION
     random reads lines from the standard input and copies them to the stan‐
     dard output with a probability of 1/denominator.  The default value for
     denominator is 2.

     The options are as follows:

     -e	     If the -e option is specified, random does not read or write any‐
	     thing, and simply exits with a random exit value of 0 to
	     denominator-1, inclusive.

     -r	     The -r option guarantees that the output is unbuffered.

SEE ALSO
     shuffle(1), fortune(6)

BSD				March 20, 2007				   BSD

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