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@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
Note the use of single quotes, not double quotes.
That creates files named xaa.xz, xab.xz and xac.xz.
+** Improvements
+
+ shuf outputs small subsets of large permutations much more efficiently.
+ For example `shuf -i1-$((2**32-1)) -n2` no longer exhausts memory.
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* Noteworthy changes in release 8.12 (2011-04-26) [stable]