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

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