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April 15, 2018

An inexact clone of GNU shuf implemented in Python

An inexact clone of GNU shuf. Free, implemented in Python.

Here’s the repo

Install

 $ pip install pyshuf

or

 $ easy_install pyshuf

Usage

Same as shuf, but the script is invoked with pyshuf. Read the GNU manual for
shuf for more details. I haven’t used shuf – I wrote this because it didn’t
come standard on MacOS.

“Cookbook”

Generate a random number from 0 to 99

 $ pyshuf -i 0-99 -n 1
 73

Pick a random word from the dictionary (dictionary location may vary)

 $ pyshuf --input-file /usr/share/dict/words -n 1
 irreflectiveness

Shuffle the first 10 words from the dictionary

 $ head /usr/share/dict/words | pyshuf
 aardvark
 aalii
 Aaron
 a
 aa
 Aani
 aam
 aardwolf
 A
 aal

Use input from the command line

 $ pyshuf --echo one two three four five
 four
 two
 three
 one
 five

Features I implemented

--e, --echo
-i, --input-range
-n, --head-count

Features I have not implemented

-o, --output-file
--random-source
-r, --repeat
-z, --zero-terminated

Features I added that are not in GNU shuf

--input-file    specify an input file to read from