Re: new coreutil? shuffle - randomize file contents

[Frederik Eaton]

Attached is a second patch, which contains a ChangeLog entry and some
formatting changes as requested by Jim.

On Tue, Jun 07, 2005 at 08:47:14AM +0200, Jim Meyering wrote:
> Frederik Eaton <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Here is a preliminary patch for basic shuffling functionality in
> > 'sort', with same-keys-sort-together behavior. It adds two options:
> > "-R" to compare based on a hash of key, and "--seed" to specify salt
> > for the hash. If "--seed" is not given then the default is to read
> > from /dev/random or /dev/urandom.
> >
> > I still need to add support to configure.ac for some of the random
> > device macros.
> 
> Thanks.
> I haven't had time to give it serious consideration yet,
> but we should get started on the copyright-related paperwork.
> I'll send you the form separately.
>

rand-patch-3.txt
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