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>NAME</a></h1>

<p>random -- display lines at random,
or exit with a random value.</p>

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>SYNOPSIS</a></h1>

<p>random [-er] [denominator]</p>

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>DESCRIPTION</a></h1>

<p><i>random</i> reads line from standard input,
and displays each line on standard output which chance 1 / <i>denominator</i>.
If the <i>-e</i> option is given,
<i>random</i> exits with a value randomly choosen from <code lang='und' xml:lang='und'>0</code> to <code lang='und' xml:lang='und'>denominator - 1</code> inclusive.
If no <i>denominator</i> is given,
2 is used.</p>

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name="OPTIONS"
>OPTIONS</a></h2>

<p><i>random</i> accepts the following options:</p>

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<dt><a name="-e"
>-e</a></dt><p class="pad"></p>

<dd>Exit with a value randomly choosen from <code lang='und' xml:lang='und'>0</code> to <code lang='und' xml:lang='und'>denominator - 1</code> inclusive.
Do not read input,
or display output.</dd><p class="pad"></p>

<dt><a name="-r"
>-r</a></dt><p class="pad"></p>

<dd>Use unbuffered output.</dd><p class="pad"></p>
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>ENVIRONMENT</a></h1>

<p>The working of <i>random</i> is not influenced by any environment variables.</p>

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>BUGS</a></h1>

<p>There are no known bugs in <i>random</i>.</p>

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>REVISION HISTORY</a></h1>

<pre lang='und' xml:lang='und'>    $Log: random.abigail.html,v $
<pre lang='und' xml:lang='und'>    Revision 1.3  2004/08/05 14:21:46  cwest
<pre lang='und' xml:lang='und'>    cleanup, new version number on website
<pre lang='und' xml:lang='und'>
    Revision 1.1  2004/07/23 20:10:15  cwest
    initial import

    Revision 1.1  1999/02/28 22:10:55  abigail
    Initial revision</pre>

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name="AUTHOR"
>AUTHOR</a></h1>

<p>The Perl implementation of <i>random</i> was written by Abigail, <i>abigail@fnx.com</i>.</p>

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name="COPYRIGHT_and_LICENSE"
>COPYRIGHT and LICENSE</a></h1>

<p>This program is copyright by Abigail 1999.</p>

<p>This program is free and open software. You may use, copy, modify, distribute and sell this program (and any modified variants) in any way you wish, provided you do not restrict others to do the same.</p>

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