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From: jik@athena.mit.edu (Jonathan I. Kamens)
Subject: Re: random numbers in awk?
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In article <1991Apr24.041134.14519@athena.mit.edu>, I write:
|> You would call "jot -r 1 max" where "max" is the number of records from which
|> you are selecting.

I should have said "jot -r 1 1 max", rather than "jot -r 1 max".  The former
tells jot to produce 1 number between 1 and max; the latter tells jot to
produce 1 number between max and 100, which is the default maximum value.

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