March 20, 2007 RANDOM 6

### NAME

random - random lines from a file or random numbers

### SYNOPSIS

random [-er] [denominator]

### DESCRIPTION

random reads lines from the standard input and copies them to the standard output with a probability of 1/denominator. The default value for denominator is 2.

The options are as follows:

-e
  If the -e option is specified, random does not read or write anything, and simply exits with a random exit value of 0 to denominator-1, inclusive.

-r
  The -r option guarantees that the output is unbuffered.

### SEE ALSO

shuffle(1), fortune(6)