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                     36: .Dd March 31, 1994
                     37: .Dt RANDOM 6
                     38: .Os BSD 4
                     39: .Sh NAME
                     40: .Nm random
                     41: .Nd random lines from a file or random numbers
                     42: .Sh SYNOPSIS
                     43: .Nm random
                     44: .Op Fl er
                     45: .Op Ar denominator
                     46: .Sh DESCRIPTION
                     47: .Nm Random
                     48: reads lines from the standard input and copies them to the standard
                     49: output with a probability of 1/denominator.
                     50: The default value for
                     51: .Ar denominator
                     52: is 2.
                     53: .Pp
                     54: The options are as follows:
                     55: .Bl -tag -width Ds
                     56: .It Fl e
                     57: If the
                     58: .Fl e
                     59: option is specified,
                     60: .Nm random
                     61: does not read or write anything, and simply exits with a random
                     62: exit value of 0 to
                     63: .Ar denominator
                     64: \&- 1, inclusive.
                     65: .It Fl r
                     66: The
                     67: .Fl r
                     68: option guarantees that the output is unbuffered.
                     69: .El
                     70: .Sh SEE ALSO
                     71: .Xr fortune 6