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The Shuf Command Tutorial With Examples For Beginners

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Apr 9, 2018

The Shuf command is used to generate random permutations in Unix-like operating systems. Using shuf command, we can shuffle the lines of a given input file randomly. Shuf command is part of GNU Coreutils, so you don’t have to bother with installation.
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