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Command: random | Section: 1 | Source: UNIX v10 | File: random.1
RANDOM(1) General Commands Manual RANDOM(1)
NAME
random, fortune - sample lines from a file, return cookies
SYNOPSIS
random [ -e ] [ n ]
/usr/games/fortune [ file ]
DESCRIPTION
Random reads the standard input and copies each line to the standard
output with probability 1/n. The default value of n is 2.
Option -e writes no output and returns a random exit code in the range
[0,n-1].
Fortune prints a one-line aphorism chosen at random. If a file is
specified, the saying is taken from that file; otherwise it is selected
from
FILES
fast lookup table, maintained automatically
BUGS
Successive results of option -e are highly correlated if random is
called more than once per second.
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