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SHUFFLE(1)						    BSD General Commands Manual 						SHUFFLE(1)

NAME
shuffle -- print a random permutation of the command line arguments SYNOPSIS
shuffle [-0] [-f filename ...] [-n number] [-p number] [arg] [...] DESCRIPTION
The shuffle program prints a random permutation (or ``shuffle'') of its command line arguments. This can be useful in shell scripts for selecting a random order in which to do a set of tasks, view a set of files, etc. If the -f option is given, the data is taken from that files' contents or if the filename is - ``stdin''. If the -n option is given, its argument is treated as a number, and the program prints a random permutation of the numbers greater than or equal to 0 and less than the argument. If the -p option is given, its argument is treated as a number, and the program prints that number of randomly selected lines or arguments in a random order. The -0 option changes the field separator character from to , so that the output is suitable to be sent to xargs(1) (to handle filenames with whitespace in them). EXAMPLES
$ shuffle a b c d c b d a $ shuffle -p 1 a b c d d $ shuffle -n 4 -p 2 0 3 SEE ALSO
jot(1), random(6) HISTORY
The shuffle program first appeared in NetBSD 1.4. AUTHORS
Written by Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>. BSD
February 18, 2009 BSD

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Jajuk(1)						      General Commands Manual							  Jajuk(1)

NAME
Jajuk - advanced jukebox and music organizer DESCRIPTION
Jajuk is software that organizes and plays music. Jajuk is designed to be intuitive, fast and provide multiple ways to perform the same operation. It is a fully-featured application geared towards advanced users with very large or scattered music collections. FEATURES
* Digital DJ: Let Jajuk make your programmation based on your own rules * Ambience management: ask for a soft playlist in two clicks maximum! * Configurable cross-fade * Recursive play/repeat/shuffle/push in directories/sub-directories or by genre/artist/ albums * Best Of smart function to play your favourite tracks * Novelties smart function to play your collection newest albums * Continue smart function to continue in current album after a shuffle selection * Push into player queue * Planned tracks: forsee your selection * Various startup modes: none, last one, last one keep position, specified, shuffle, novelties, bestof * Intro from a track position and specified length * Shuffle in entire collection * Repeat, shuffle, intro, fast forward/rewind, mute... HOMEPAGE
http://jajuk.info/index.php/Main_Page AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Varun Hiremath <varunhiremath@gmail.com>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others). December 7, 2006 Jajuk(1)
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