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32.Dd March 20, 2007
33.Dt RANDOM 6
34.Os
35.Sh NAME
36.Nm random
37.Nd random lines from a file or random numbers
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39.Nm
40.Op Fl er
41.Op Ar denominator
42.Sh DESCRIPTION
43.Nm
44reads lines from the standard input and copies them to the standard
45output with a probability of 1/denominator.
46The default value for
47.Ar denominator
48is 2.
49.Pp
50The options are as follows:
51.Bl -tag -width Ds
52.It Fl e
53If the
54.Fl e
55option is specified,
56.Nm
57does not read or write anything, and simply exits with a random
58exit value of 0 to
59.Ar denominator Ns -1 ,
60inclusive.
61.It Fl r
62The
63.Fl r
64option guarantees that the output is unbuffered.
65.El
66.Sh SEE ALSO
67.Xr shuffle 1 ,
68.Xr fortune 6
69