shuf

shuf is a command-line utility included in the textutils package of GNU Core Utilities for creating a standard output consisting of random permutations of the input.

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shuf
Operating systemUnix and Unix-like
TypeCommand
Licensecoreutils: GNU GPL v3

The version of shuf bundled in GNU coreutils was written by Paul Eggert. It is not a part of POSIX.[1]

Example

 
$ ls
Wikibooks  Wikipedia  Wiktionary
$ # Shuffles input 
$ ls | shuf 
Wikipedia
Wiktionary
Wikibooks
$ # Picks one random line from input
$ ls | shuf -n1
Wikipedia
gollark: Which is going to be replaced with something else eventually™, once I design that
gollark: I don't do much useful art, this was just a favicon for my website.
gollark: For vector graphics I've ended up manually writing SVGs in the past.
gollark: Unless it just makes them do more in-house research which *nobody* can see.
gollark: Making nation-states have to pay more to hack people is... probably good, since they might do it less.

See also

References
  1. shuf(1) – Linux General Commands Manual
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