The following reply was made to PR bin/15205; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Oliver Fromme <[email protected]> To: [email protected], [email protected], Alexander Best <[email protected]> Cc: Subject: Re: bin/15205: [patch] Addition to random(6) Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 12:00:22 +0200 (CEST)
Alexander Best <[email protected]> wrote: > could you provide an example how to reproduce the same output > (ls /bin | random -s 8) with an unpatched copy of ranom? It's random, so it cannot be reproduced. ;-) But seriously ... If you want random 4 lines out of 32 (or out of any number, for that matter), the following command will do it: $ ls /bin | random -f - | head -4 I agree that this PR can be closed. Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd "The ITU has offered the IETF formal alignment with its corresponding technology, Penguins, but that won't fly." -- RFC 2549 _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-bugs To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
