Bug#961638: proposal: stocat - probabilistic cat

2021-03-18 Thread Nicolas Schier
Dear Joey, Stefano suggested the inclusion of his 'stocat' (see below) tool into moreutils. I think the simple script is a great idea and I would like to see it in the moreutils collection. What do you think? Might you consider to adopt it? Kind regards, Nicolas On Wed, Mar 10, 2021 at

Bug#961638: proposal: stocat - probabilistic cat

2021-03-10 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 11:39:42PM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > I'm hereby proposing the inclusion of the attached "stocat" utility to > moreutils. It's like cat, but output lines with a given probability, > defaulting to 10%. It's very useful for random sampling (and *much* > more efficient

Bug#961638: proposal: stocat - probabilistic cat

2020-05-26 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
Package: moreutils Version: 0.63-1+b1 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch upstream I'm hereby proposing the inclusion of the attached "stocat" utility to moreutils. It's like cat, but output lines with a given probability, defaulting to 10%. It's very useful for random sampling (and *much* more