The following reply was made to PR bin/15205; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Oliver Fromme <[email protected]>
To: [email protected] (Alexander Best)
Cc: [email protected] (Chip Camden), [email protected]
Subject: Re: bin/15205: [patch] Addition to random(6)
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 13:06:49 +0200 (CEST)
Alexander Best wrote:
> On Tue Aug 10 10, Oliver Fromme wrote:
> > 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
>
> indeed this is an exact replacement for ls /bin | random -s 8.
In fact it's a _better_ replacement because the probability
is evenly distributed across the whole input. This is not
the case for the patch proposed in this PR.
> > I agree that this PR can be closed.
>
> thanks a lot for clearing things up. i'll close the PR right away.
Thanks!
Best regards
Oliver
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