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.TH RANDOM 1XNX "11/3/03" "Heirloom Toolchest" "XENIX System Compatibility"
.SH NAME
random \- (XENIX) generate a random number
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBrandom\fR [\fB\-s\fR] [\fIscale\fR]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Random
computes a random value.
The result is printed on standard output
and is also returned as exit status.
The
.B \-s
option inhibits printing of the result.
When a
.I scale
is given,
computed values lie between 0 and
.IR scale .
The maximum
.I scale
value is 255,
the default is 1.
.SH NOTES
Since the current time in seconds
is used as seed for computation,
calling
.I random
more than once within the same second
produces the same result for each call.