Re: new coreutil? shuffle - randomize file contents

[Jim Meyering]

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.