Randomize Lines
rl is a command-line tool that reads lines from an input file or stdin, randomizes the lines and outputs a specified number of lines. It does this with only a single pass over the input while trying to use as little memory as possible. Users should look at the shuf command from GNU coreutils instead for a better-supported implementation.
| Tags | Text Processing Filters |
|---|---|
| Licenses | GPL |
| Operating Systems | POSIX |
| Implementation | C |
Recent releases
- 27 Jul 2008 06:30
Changes: This release is mostly a cleanup release to include some Debian packaging improvements and to add a deprecation warning to direct users to use shuf instead.
- 14 Jun 2007 22:06
Changes: A dangerous example was removed from the manual page and was replaced by several benign ones.
- 30 Sep 2006 03:43
Changes: This release adds a --line-number option to output the line numbers from the input file and fixes the documentation (mainly spelling errors).
- 23 Apr 2005 12:45
Changes: This release checks for errors while reading and writing input and output.
- 02 Apr 2005 07:17
Changes: This release adds improvements to the configuration with the ability to choose a source for the random number generator, and some documentation improvements.
