Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 10:00:19 GMT From: Alexander Best <arundel@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/15205: [patch] Addition to random(6) Message-ID: <201008101000.o7AA0JSq035098@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/15205; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Alexander Best <arundel@freebsd.org> To: Chip Camden <sterling@camdensoftware.com> Cc: bug-followup@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bin/15205: [patch] Addition to random(6) Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 09:55:04 +0000 On Mon Aug 9 10, Chip Camden wrote: > Quoth Alexander Best on Tuesday, 10 August 2010: > > could you provide an example how to reproduce the same output (ls /bin | random -s 8) with an unpatched copy of ranom? > > > > cheers. > > alex > > > > -- > > a13x > > > Sure: > > ls /bin | random 8 i don't think this reproduces the exact ouput as `ls /bin | random -s 8`. `random 8` will print each input line with a probability of 1/8th. `random -s 8` on the other hand will print a random line out of every 8 lines of input. this means that for a static number of input lines `random -s 8` will always produce the same number of output lines, wheras the number of lines returned by `random 8` will be different for each run. cheers alex ps: please keep bug-followup@ in the CC field so our conversation gets archived by GNATS. > > -- > Sterling (Chip) Camden | sterling@camdensoftware.com | 2048D/3A978E4F > http://camdensoftware.com | http://chipstips.com | http://chipsquips.com -- a13x
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