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diff --git a/upstream/opensuse-tumbleweed/man6/random.6 b/upstream/opensuse-tumbleweed/man6/random.6 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..2af930b3 --- /dev/null +++ b/upstream/opensuse-tumbleweed/man6/random.6 @@ -0,0 +1,67 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: random.6,v 1.6 2003/08/07 09:37:35 agc Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1994 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)random.6 8.2 (Berkeley) 3/31/94 +.\" +.Dd March 31, 1994 +.Dt RANDOM 6 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm random +.Nd random lines from a file or random numbers +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm +.Op Fl er +.Op Ar denominator +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Nm +reads lines from the standard input and copies them to the standard +output with a probability of 1/denominator. +The default value for +.Ar denominator +is 2. +.Pp +The options are as follows: +.Bl -tag -width Ds +.It Fl e +If the +.Fl e +option is specified, +.Nm +does not read or write anything, and simply exits with a random +exit value of 0 to +.Ar denominator Ns -1 , +inclusive. +.It Fl r +The +.Fl r +option guarantees that the output is unbuffered. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr fortune 6 |