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bug#20725: Shuf problem
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Pádraig Brady |
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Subject: |
bug#20725: Shuf problem |
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Date: |
Wed, 03 Jun 2015 14:33:35 +0100 |
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On 03/06/15 14:20, Federico Alves wrote:
> I think that shuf should have an option, may set ON by default, to avoid
> empty lines in a file when shuffling it. if a file has 100 lines and ten are
> simply returns, 99% of the time I do not want an empty line, I want only the
> real lines.
We would only consider that if it provided functional benefits
or large performance gains. Neither would be the case here I think
compared to some simple preprocessing like:
sed '/^$/d' | shuf
cheers,
Pádraig