debian man page for dr_permutate

DR_PERMUTATE(1) 						       Draai							   DR_PERMUTATE(1)

NAME
       dr_permutate - print randomly permutated arguments or stdin

SYNOPSIS
       dr_permutate arguments dr_permutate

DESCRIPTION
       When called with arguments, dr_permutate returns its arguments in randomly permutated order, space separated.  When called without any
       arguments, dr_permuate expects a line-oriented file on stdin.  It returns the contents of this file, with lines randomly permutated.

EXAMPLE
       Running

	$ dr_permutate foo bar baz

       could return

	bar foo baz

       .  Running

	$ cat <<EOF | dr_permutate
	foo
	bar
	baz

       could return

	bar
	foo
	baz

       .

HISTORY
       This script was initially written on 2001-05-06.

BUGS
       When called without any arguments, stdin is read in core entirely.

SEE ALSO
       http://packages.debian.org/randomize-lines

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright: AX 2001 Joost van Baal

       This script is in the public domain.

AUTHOR
       Joost van Baal <joostvb@mdcc.cx>

draai 20100511							    2009-12-16							   DR_PERMUTATE(1)