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bug#49217: 'shuf' returns nothing if the low range number is higher by 1


From: Paul Eggert
Subject: bug#49217: 'shuf' returns nothing if the low range number is higher by 1 than the high number
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2021 21:19:36 -0700
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On 6/24/21 4:46 PM, F8ER F8ER wrote:
For example, `shuf -i 101-100 -n 1` returns nothing with the exit code
= 0 (unexpected).

Actually, it's the expected behavior. It's the same behavior as 'shuf -n 1 </dev/null'. The '-n 1' option does not mean "output exactly 1 line"; it means "output at most 1 line".





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