From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 10 10:00:40 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4B491065675; Tue, 10 Aug 2010 10:00:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (lurza.secnetix.de [IPv6:2a01:170:102f::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 51F5E8FC2D; Tue, 10 Aug 2010 10:00:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o7AA0MQb063153; Tue, 10 Aug 2010 12:00:37 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from oliver.fromme@secnetix.de) Received: (from olli@localhost) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id o7AA0MBs063152; Tue, 10 Aug 2010 12:00:22 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from olli) Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 12:00:22 +0200 (CEST) Message-Id: <201008101000.o7AA0MBs063152@lurza.secnetix.de> From: Oliver Fromme To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG, bug-followup@FreeBSD.ORG, Alexander Best In-Reply-To: <201008100250.o7A2o69w075898@freefall.freebsd.org> X-Newsgroups: list.freebsd-bugs User-Agent: tin/1.8.3-20070201 ("Scotasay") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/6.4-PRERELEASE-20080904 (i386)) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.3.4 (lurza.secnetix.de [127.0.0.1]); Tue, 10 Aug 2010 12:00:38 +0200 (CEST) Cc: Subject: Re: bin/15205: [patch] Addition to random(6) X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG, bug-followup@FreeBSD.ORG, Alexander Best List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 10:00:40 -0000 Alexander Best 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