1.\" Copyright (c) 1994 2.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" %sccs.include.redist.man% 5.\" 6.\" @(#)random.6 8.2 (Berkeley) 03/31/94 7.\" 8.Dd 9.Dt RANDOM 6 10.Os BSD 4 11.Sh NAME 12.Nm random 13.Nd random lines from a file or random numbers 14.Sh SYNOPSIS 15.Nm random 16.Op Fl er 17.Op Ar denominator 18.Sh DESCRIPTION 19.Nm Random 20reads lines from the standard input and copies them to the standard 21output with a probability of 1/denominator. 22The default value for 23.Ar denominator 24is 2. 25.Pp 26The options are as follows: 27.Bl -tag -width Ds 28.It Fl e 29If the 30.Fl e 31option is specified, 32.Nm random 33does not read or write anything, and simply exits with a random 34exit value of 0 to 35.Ar denominator 36\&- 1, inclusive. 37.It Fl r 38The 39.Fl r 40option guarantees that the output is unbuffered. 41.El 42.Sh SEE ALSO 43.Xr fortune 6 44