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Replies for: Using shuf utility for shuffling: for i in {0..9999}; do printf "%.4d\n" $i; done | shuf > pins.txt The two scripts are equivalent as the man...

I don't have sort -R or shuf (I'm on OS X). I did not know you could do the dot precision thing with integers! My solution was basically the same, but I did "%04d\n"

Dian Fay • May 27 '18

You can get gshuf if you install the GNU coreutils through homebrew or ports.

Josh Cheek • May 28 '18

Ahh, there we go ^{_^}