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.\" Copyright (c) 1994
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.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
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.\" must display the following acknowledgement:
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.\" This product includes software developed by the University of
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.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors.
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.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
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.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
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.\" without specific prior written permission.
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.\"
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
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.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
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.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.\" @(#)random.6 8.2 (Berkeley) 3/31/94
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.Dd March 31, 1994
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.Dt RANDOM 6
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.Os BSD 4
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm random
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.Nd random lines from a file or random numbers
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm random
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.Op Fl er
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.Op Ar denominator
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Nm Random
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reads lines from the standard input and copies them to the standard
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output with a probability of 1/denominator.
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The default value for
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.Ar denominator
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is 2.
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.Pp
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The options are as follows:
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.Bl -tag -width Ds
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.It Fl e
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If the
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.Fl e
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option is specified,
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.Nm random
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does not read or write anything, and simply exits with a random
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exit value of 0 to
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.Ar denominator
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\&- 1, inclusive.
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.It Fl r
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The
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.Fl r
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option guarantees that the output is unbuffered.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr fortune 6
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