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                      2: .TH SHUFFILE 1 "The University of Arizona \- 5/13/83"
                      3: .SH NAME
                      4: shuffile \- shuffle file
                      5: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      6: \f3shuffile\fP [\f3\-s\fR \fIn\fR]
                      7: .SH DESCRIPTION
                      8: \fIShuffile\fR reads a text file from standard input and writes a version with
                      9: the lines shuffled
                     10: to standard output.
                     11: .PP
                     12: The option \f3\-s\fI n\fR sets the seed for random generation to \fIn\fR.
                     13: The default seed is 0.
                     14: .SH LIMITATIONS
                     15: \fIShuffile\fR is designed to handle text files only.
                     16: .LP
                     17: \fIShuffile\fR stores the input file in memory and shuffles pointers to
                     18: the lines; there must be enough memory available to store the entire
                     19: file.
                     20: .SH AUTHOR
                     21: Ralph E. Griswold

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