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authorTom Ryder <tom@sanctum.geek.nz>2016-08-01 11:03:10 +1200
committerTom Ryder <tom@sanctum.geek.nz>2016-08-01 11:03:10 +1200
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.SH DESCRIPTION
.B rndi
returns a random integer ranging from the first argument to the second argument
-in a POSIX-compliant way (using awk). The answer returned is low-quality and if
-run in the same second as a previous run may even return the same result in
-some implementations. This should not be used in any sort of security or
-statistical context; the author wrote it to choose random background images.
+in a POSIX-compliant way (using awk).
+.P
+The answer returned is low-quality; given some implementation of awk, it may
+even return the same result if run within the same second. some
+implementations. This should not be used in any sort of security or statistical
+context. The author wrote it to support scripts to choose a random background
+image from a directory.
.SH SEE ALSO
rnda(1), rndf(1), rndn(6)
.SH AUTHOR