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.TH SHUF "1" "February 2026" "GNU coreutils 9.10" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
shuf \- generate random permutations
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B shuf
[\fI\,OPTION\/\fR]... [\fI\,FILE\/\fR]
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.B shuf
\fI\,-e \/\fR[\fI\,OPTION\/\fR]... [\fI\,ARG\/\fR]...
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.B shuf
\fI\,-i LO-HI \/\fR[\fI\,OPTION\/\fR]...
.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
Write a random permutation of the input lines to standard output.
.PP
With no FILE, or when FILE is \-, read standard input.
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Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#shuf-e'\fB\-e, \-\-echo\fP\X'tty: link'
treat each ARG as an input line
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#shuf-i'\fB\-i, \-\-input\-range=\,LO\-HI\fP\X'tty: link'\/\fR
treat each number LO through HI as an input line
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#shuf-n'\fB\-n, \-\-head\-count=\,COUNT\fP\X'tty: link'\/\fR
output at most COUNT lines
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#shuf-o'\fB\-o, \-\-output=\,FILE\fP\X'tty: link'\/\fR
write result to FILE instead of standard output
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#shuf--random-source'\fB\-\-random\-source=FILE\fP\X'tty: link'
get random bytes from FILE
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#shuf-r'\fB\-r, \-\-repeat\fP\X'tty: link'
output lines can be repeated
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#shuf-z'\fB\-z, \-\-zero\-terminated\fP\X'tty: link'
line delimiter is NUL, not newline
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/shuf#shuf--help'\fB\-\-help\fP\X'tty: link'
display this help and exit
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\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/shuf#shuf--version'\fB\-\-version\fP\X'tty: link'
output version information and exit
.SH AUTHOR
Written by Paul Eggert.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to: bug\-coreutils@gnu.org
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.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
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This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/shuf>
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or available locally via: info \(aq(coreutils) shuf invocation\(aq