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+'\" t
+.\" Copyright 1993 David Metcalfe (david@prism.demon.co.uk)
+.\"
+.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft
+.\"
+.\" References consulted:
+.\" Linux libc source code
+.\" Lewine's _POSIX Programmer's Guide_ (O'Reilly & Associates, 1991)
+.\" 386BSD man pages
+.\" Modified Sun Jul 25 10:39:43 1993 by Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu)
+.TH strfry 3 2023-07-20 "Linux man-pages 6.05.01"
+.SH NAME
+strfry \- randomize a string
+.SH LIBRARY
+Standard C library
+.RI ( libc ", " \-lc )
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.nf
+.BR "#define _GNU_SOURCE" " /* See feature_test_macros(7) */"
+.B #include <string.h>
+.PP
+.BI "char *strfry(char *" string );
+.fi
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+The
+.BR strfry ()
+function randomizes the contents of
+.I string
+by randomly swapping characters in the string.
+The result is an anagram of
+.IR string .
+.SH RETURN VALUE
+The
+.BR strfry ()
+functions returns a pointer to the randomized
+string.
+.SH ATTRIBUTES
+For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
+.BR attributes (7).
+.TS
+allbox;
+lbx lb lb
+l l l.
+Interface Attribute Value
+T{
+.na
+.nh
+.BR strfry ()
+T} Thread safety MT-Safe
+.TE
+.sp 1
+.SH STANDARDS
+GNU.
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR memfrob (3),
+.BR string (3)