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Thanks to @climagic on Twitter, I recently learned that sort -R and shuf are not in fact the same thing. (sort -R doesn't actually shuffle...)
by nhaehnle 11y ago
Thanks to @climagic on Twitter, I recently learned that sort -R and shuf are not in fact the same thing. (sort -R doesn't actually shuffle...)
- cfcef 11y agoMy point there was that besides being a true shuffle, 'shuf' also has an algorithmic advantage when you only need a few lines (similar to how lookup has an advantage when you only need a few).