Return to random.1 CVS log

Up to [Research Unix] / researchv10dc / man / adm / man1

researchv10 Dan Cross

.TH RANDOM 1
.CT 1 files games
.SH NAME
random, fortune \- sample lines from a file, return cookies
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B random
[
.B -e
]
[
.I n
]
.PP
.B /usr/games/fortune
[
.I file
]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Random
reads the standard input and copies each line to the
standard output with probability
.RI 1/ n.
The default value of
.I n
is 2.
.PP
Option
.B -e
writes no output and returns a random exit code in the
range
.RI [0, n \-1].
.PP
.I Fortune
prints a one-line aphorism chosen at random.
If a
.I file
is specified, the saying is taken from that file;
otherwise it is selected from
.FR /usr/games/lib/fortunes .
.SH FILES
.F /usr/games/lib/fortunes
.br
.F /usr/games/lib/fortunes.index
fast lookup table, maintained automatically
.SH BUGS
Successive results of option
.B -e
are highly correlated if
.I random
is called more than once per second.

This archive runs on limited infrastructure. Preserving old code on modern bandwidth. Automated agents are requested to crawl responsibly.