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1.1     ! root        1: .TH RANDOM 1
        !             2: .CT 1 files games
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: random, fortune \- sample lines from a file, return cookies
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .B random
        !             7: [
        !             8: .B -e
        !             9: ]
        !            10: [
        !            11: .I n
        !            12: ]
        !            13: .PP
        !            14: .B /usr/games/fortune
        !            15: [
        !            16: .I file
        !            17: ]
        !            18: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            19: .I Random
        !            20: reads the standard input and copies each line to the
        !            21: standard output with probability
        !            22: .RI 1/ n.
        !            23: The default value of
        !            24: .I n
        !            25: is 2.
        !            26: .PP
        !            27: Option
        !            28: .B -e
        !            29: writes no output and returns a random exit code in the
        !            30: range
        !            31: .RI [0, n \-1].
        !            32: .PP
        !            33: .I Fortune
        !            34: prints a one-line aphorism chosen at random.
        !            35: If a
        !            36: .I file
        !            37: is specified, the saying is taken from that file;
        !            38: otherwise it is selected from
        !            39: .FR /usr/games/lib/fortunes .
        !            40: .SH FILES
        !            41: .F /usr/games/lib/fortunes
        !            42: .br
        !            43: .F /usr/games/lib/fortunes.index
        !            44: fast lookup table, maintained automatically
        !            45: .SH BUGS
        !            46: Successive results of option
        !            47: .B -e
        !            48: are highly correlated if
        !            49: .I random
        !            50: is called more than once per second.

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