CHOOSELINES(1)
β¨ NAME β¨
okay so chooseLines is literally that girl: she randomly chooses k lines from a file of n lines, and it only works when 0 < k < n. that's the whole name bestie, no cap. π
π DESCRIPTION π
fr fr, here's the tea: it randomly chooses k lines from a file of n lines, and you gotta have 0 < k < n for it to make sense. periodt. β¨
π¦ USAGE π¦
bestie, the synopsis is giving:
chooseLines [OPTIONS] <infile>
so you hand it an <infile>, and you can sprinkle [OPTIONS] on top like glitter. π
π OPTIONS π
-k<k>β number of lines to choose. (default is all lines.) so if you don't specify nothing, it just takes every single one. lowkey iconic.-hβ print this help message. the classic "help me bestie" flag. π
and that's the whole page! this was chooseLines version 1.4, dated May 2016, and it's the CHOOSELINES(1) manual. bye bestie, slay your random line picking! π
π¦ where this page comes from
- debian bookworm: phast 1.6+dfsg-3+b1 Β· BSD-3-Clause
- debian trixie: phast 1.7+dfsg-2 Β· BSD-3-Clause
- ubuntu jammy: phast 1.6+dfsg-3 Β· BSD-3-Clause
- ubuntu noble: phast 1.6+dfsg-4 Β· BSD-3-Clause
- ubuntu questing: phast 1.7+dfsg-3
- ubuntu resolute: phast 1.8+dfsg-1 Β· BSD-3-Clause
- ubuntu stonking: phast 1.8+dfsg-1 Β· BSD-3-Clause
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms