RANDOM(1) RANDOM(1)
NAME
random, fortune - sample lines from a file, return cookies
SYNOPSIS
random [ -e ] [ n ]
/usr/games/fortune [ file ]
DESCRIPTION
Random reads the standard input and copies each line to the
standard output with probability 1/n. The default value of
n is 2.
Option -e writes no output and returns a random exit code in
the range [0,n-1].
Fortune prints a one-line aphorism chosen at random. If a
file is specified, the saying is taken from that file; oth-
erwise it is selected from
FILES
fast lookup table, maintained automatically
BUGS
Successive results of option -e are highly correlated if
random is called more than once per second.