random -- display lines at random, or exit with a random value.
random [-er] [denominator]
random reads line from standard input,
and displays each line on standard output which chance 1 / denominator.
If the -e option is given,
random exits with a value randomly choosen from 0
to denominator - 1
inclusive.
If no denominator is given,
2 is used.
random accepts the following options:
0
to denominator - 1
inclusive.
Do not read input,
or display output.The working of random is not influenced by any environment variables.
There are no known bugs in random.
$Log: random.abigail.html,v $
Revision 1.1 2004/07/23 20:09:34 cwest
initial import
Revision 1.1 1999/02/28 22:10:55 abigail
Initial revision
AUTHOR
The Perl implementation of random was written by Abigail, abigail@fnx.com.
COPYRIGHT and LICENSE
This program is copyright by Abigail 1999.
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.