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shuf: Add `--random-seed`, make `--random-source` GNU-compatible, report write failures, optimize

#7585
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blyxxyz:clean-shuf-2
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CodSpeed Performance Gauge
+84%
Improvements
3
Untouched
124
Skipped
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Benchmarks

Skipped (6)

Improved

shuf_input_range[1000000]
src/uu/shuf/benches/shuf_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
+84%
229.4 ms124.9 ms
shuf_lines[100000]
src/uu/shuf/benches/shuf_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
+17%
31.6 ms27.1 ms
shuf_repeat_sampling[50000]
src/uu/shuf/benches/shuf_bench.rs
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+8%
5.1 ms4.7 ms

Passed

du_summarize_balanced_tree[(5, 4, 10)]
src/uu/du/benches/du_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
+2%
8.4 ms8.3 ms
tsort_input_parsing_heavy[5000]
src/uu/tsort/benches/tsort_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
+1%
85.9 ms84.9 ms
du_max_depth_balanced_tree[(6, 4, 10)]
src/uu/du/benches/du_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
+1%
32.7 ms32.4 ms
du_deep_tree[(100, 3)]
src/uu/du/benches/du_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
+1%
1.2 ms1.2 ms
cp_large_file[16]
src/uu/cp/benches/cp_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
362.9 µs361.5 µs
split_bytes
src/uu/split/benches/split_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
509.6 µs508.3 µs
split_number_chunks
src/uu/split/benches/split_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
294.7 µs293.9 µs
cp_recursive_balanced_tree[(5, 4, 10)]
src/uu/cp/benches/cp_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
72.4 ms72.2 ms
cp_recursive_wide_tree[(6000, 800)]
src/uu/cp/benches/cp_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
189.5 ms189.1 ms
cp_archive_balanced_tree[(5, 4, 10)]
src/uu/cp/benches/cp_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
78.1 ms77.9 ms
seq_formatted
src/uu/seq/benches/seq_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
96.6 ms96.4 ms
du_wide_tree[(5000, 500)]
src/uu/du/benches/du_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
11.3 ms11.3 ms
cp_recursive_deep_tree[(120, 4)]
src/uu/cp/benches/cp_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
13.6 ms13.6 ms
du_all_wide_tree[(5000, 500)]
src/uu/du/benches/du_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
18.1 ms18.1 ms
ls_recursive_long_all_deep_tree[(100, 4)]
src/uu/ls/benches/ls_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
3.3 ms3.3 ms
split_numeric_suffix
src/uu/split/benches/split_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
5.9 ms5.9 ms
cp_preserve_metadata[(5, 4, 10)]
src/uu/cp/benches/cp_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
74.9 ms74.8 ms
factor_multiple_u64s[2]
src/uu/factor/benches/factor_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
211.7 ms211.6 ms
sort_mixed_utf8_locale
src/uu/sort/benches/sort_locale_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
38.8 ms38.8 ms
ls_recursive_balanced_tree[(6, 4, 15)]
src/uu/ls/benches/ls_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
55.3 ms55.3 ms
b64_encode_synthetic
src/uu/base64/benches/base64_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
162 µs161.9 µs
ls_recursive_mixed_tree
src/uu/ls/benches/ls_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
1.4 ms1.4 ms
sort_unique_mixed
src/uu/sort/benches/sort_locale_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
39.3 ms39.3 ms
b64_decode_ignore_garbage_synthetic
src/uu/base64/benches/base64_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
163.5 µs163.5 µs
split_lines
src/uu/split/benches/split_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
5.7 ms5.7 ms
ls_recursive_long_all_mixed_tree
src/uu/ls/benches/ls_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
2.9 ms2.9 ms
b64_decode_synthetic
src/uu/base64/benches/base64_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
166.6 µs166.5 µs
ls_recursive_wide_tree[(10000, 1000)]
src/uu/ls/benches/ls_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
51.5 ms51.5 ms
mv_single_file
src/uu/mv/benches/mv_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
135.3 ms135.3 ms
ls_recursive_deep_tree[(200, 2)]
src/uu/ls/benches/ls_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
2.2 ms2.2 ms
mv_force_overwrite
src/uu/mv/benches/mv_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
144.1 ms144 ms
seq_large_integers
src/uu/seq/benches/seq_bench.rs
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0%
2.2 ms2.2 ms
wc_bytes_synthetic[500]
src/uu/wc/benches/wc_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
185.5 µs185.5 µs
sort_long_line[160000]
src/uu/sort/benches/sort_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
1.7 ms1.7 ms
sort_reverse_mixed
src/uu/sort/benches/sort_locale_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
39.2 ms39.1 ms
sort_mixed_c_locale
src/uu/sort/benches/sort_locale_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
38.3 ms38.3 ms
sort_german_locale
src/uu/sort/benches/sort_locale_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
39.3 ms39.3 ms
sort_numeric[500000]
src/uu/sort/benches/sort_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
1.2 s1.2 s
tsort_wide_dag[100000]
src/uu/tsort/benches/tsort_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
133.4 ms133.4 ms
hashsum_md5
src/uu/hashsum/benches/hashsum_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
32 ms32 ms
sort_case_insensitive[500000]
src/uu/sort/benches/sort_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
276.7 ms276.7 ms
rm_single_file
src/uu/rm/benches/rm_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
119.1 ms119.1 ms
seq_with_step
src/uu/seq/benches/seq_bench.rs
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0%
13.3 ms13.3 ms
hashsum_sha512
src/uu/hashsum/benches/hashsum_bench.rs
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0%
110.8 ms110.8 ms
seq_custom_separator
src/uu/seq/benches/seq_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
28.7 ms28.7 ms
seq_integers
src/uu/seq/benches/seq_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
26.1 ms26.1 ms
sort_accented_data[500000]
src/uu/sort/benches/sort_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
362.6 ms362.6 ms
cksum_sha3
src/uu/cksum/benches/cksum_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
1.8 s1.8 s
tsort_complex_dag[50000]
src/uu/tsort/benches/tsort_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
84 ms84 ms
wc_lines_large_line_count[500000]
src/uu/wc/benches/wc_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
2.9 ms2.9 ms
mv_directory
src/uu/mv/benches/mv_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
3.5 ms3.5 ms
sort_german_c_locale
src/uu/sort/benches/sort_locale_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
38.4 ms38.4 ms
tsort_tree_dag[(10, 3)]
src/uu/tsort/benches/tsort_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
34.1 ms34.1 ms
wc_chars_large_line_count[100000]
src/uu/wc/benches/wc_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
1 ms1 ms
numfmt_to_si[10000]
src/uu/numfmt/benches/numfmt_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
33.8 ms33.8 ms
numfmt_to_iec[10000]
src/uu/numfmt/benches/numfmt_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
33.8 ms33.8 ms
rm_force_files
src/uu/rm/benches/rm_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
2 ms2 ms
numfmt_round_modes[("up", 10000)]
src/uu/numfmt/benches/numfmt_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
34.3 ms34.3 ms
numfmt_round_modes[("towards-zero", 10000)]
src/uu/numfmt/benches/numfmt_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
34.3 ms34.3 ms
cut_fields_tab
src/uu/cut/benches/cut_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
34.1 ms34.1 ms
numfmt_from_si[10000]
src/uu/numfmt/benches/numfmt_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
32.7 ms32.7 ms
cksum_multiple_files
src/uu/cksum/benches/cksum_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
25.2 ms25.2 ms
sort_reverse_locale[500000]
src/uu/sort/benches/sort_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
361.8 ms361.8 ms
expand_many_lines[100000]
src/uu/expand/benches/expand_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
148.6 ms148.6 ms
nl_large_file[10]
src/uu/nl/benches/nl_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
57.1 ms57.1 ms
wc_default_large_line_count[100000]
src/uu/wc/benches/wc_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
50.4 ms50.4 ms
sort_ascii_only[500000]
src/uu/sort/benches/sort_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
353.8 ms353.8 ms
numfmt_large_numbers_si[10000]
src/uu/numfmt/benches/numfmt_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
32.5 ms32.5 ms
sort_mixed_data[500000]
src/uu/sort/benches/sort_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
328.1 ms328.1 ms
numfmt_round_modes[("down", 10000)]
src/uu/numfmt/benches/numfmt_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
34.3 ms34.3 ms
hashsum_sha1
src/uu/hashsum/benches/hashsum_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
72.5 ms72.5 ms
wc_words_large_line_count[100000]
src/uu/wc/benches/wc_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
48 ms48 ms
nl_many_lines[100000]
src/uu/nl/benches/nl_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
44.9 ms44.9 ms
unexpand_many_lines[100000]
src/uu/unexpand/benches/unexpand_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
269.6 ms269.6 ms
wc_bytes_lines_synthetic[2000]
src/uu/wc/benches/wc_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
120.2 ms120.2 ms
unexpand_large_file[10]
src/uu/unexpand/benches/unexpand_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
565.2 ms565.2 ms
cksum_shake256
src/uu/cksum/benches/cksum_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
1.9 s1.9 s
wc_words_synthetic[2000]
src/uu/wc/benches/wc_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
11.4 s11.4 s
cksum_shake128
src/uu/cksum/benches/cksum_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
1.5 s1.5 s
hashsum_sha256_check
src/uu/hashsum/benches/hashsum_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
172.9 ms172.9 ms
hashsum_md5_check
src/uu/hashsum/benches/hashsum_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
32 ms32 ms
fold_custom_width[50000]
src/uu/fold/benches/fold_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
33 ms33 ms
wc_lines_variable_length[(50, 500)]
src/uu/wc/benches/wc_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
3.4 ms3.4 ms
expand_custom_tabstops[50000]
src/uu/expand/benches/expand_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
36.9 ms36.9 ms
cut_fields_custom_delim
src/uu/cut/benches/cut_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
40.8 ms40.8 ms
fold_many_lines[100000]
src/uu/fold/benches/fold_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
80.4 ms80.4 ms
numfmt_to_si_precision[10000]
src/uu/numfmt/benches/numfmt_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
35.3 ms35.3 ms
sort_dictionary_order[500000]
src/uu/sort/benches/sort_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
1.1 s1.1 s
sort_numeric
src/uu/sort/benches/sort_locale_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
23.9 ms23.9 ms
rm_multiple_files
src/uu/rm/benches/rm_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
2.2 ms2.2 ms
sort_ascii_utf8_locale
src/uu/sort/benches/sort_locale_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
43.1 ms43.1 ms
sort_unique_locale[500000]
src/uu/sort/benches/sort_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
494.1 ms494.1 ms
cut_bytes
src/uu/cut/benches/cut_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
8.4 ms8.4 ms
sort_ascii_c_locale
src/uu/sort/benches/sort_locale_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
21.5 ms21.5 ms
hashsum_sha256
src/uu/hashsum/benches/hashsum_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
173 ms173 ms
cksum_blake2b
src/uu/cksum/benches/cksum_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
192.7 ms192.8 ms
cksum_sm3
src/uu/cksum/benches/cksum_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
1.6 s1.6 s
cksum_sha512
src/uu/cksum/benches/cksum_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
1.1 s1.1 s
cksum_sha384
src/uu/cksum/benches/cksum_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
1.1 s1.1 s
cut_characters
src/uu/cut/benches/cut_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
7.4 ms7.4 ms
uniq_case_insensitive[10000]
src/uu/uniq/benches/uniq_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
1.8 ms1.8 ms
numfmt_padding[(10000, 50)]
src/uu/numfmt/benches/numfmt_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
48 ms48 ms
wc_lines_extreme_line_lengths[(100000, 200)]
src/uu/wc/benches/wc_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
1.6 ms1.6 ms
cksum_sha1
src/uu/cksum/benches/cksum_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
723 ms723.1 ms
tsort_linear_chain[1000000]
src/uu/tsort/benches/tsort_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
1.5 s1.5 s
cksum_sha2
src/uu/cksum/benches/cksum_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
1.7 s1.7 s
uniq_with_count[10000]
src/uu/uniq/benches/uniq_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
1.9 ms1.9 ms
uniq_heavy_duplicates[10000]
src/uu/uniq/benches/uniq_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
2 ms2 ms
cksum_sha224
src/uu/cksum/benches/cksum_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
1.7 s1.7 s
cksum_sha256
src/uu/cksum/benches/cksum_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
1.7 s1.7 s
cksum_md5
src/uu/cksum/benches/cksum_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
317.9 ms317.9 ms
ls_recursive_long_all_balanced_tree[(6, 4, 15)]
src/uu/ls/benches/ls_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
134.5 ms134.5 ms
ls_recursive_long_all_wide_tree[(15000, 1500)]
src/uu/ls/benches/ls_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
143 ms143.1 ms
cksum_bsd
src/uu/cksum/benches/cksum_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
128.3 ms128.4 ms
cksum_blake3
src/uu/cksum/benches/cksum_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
208.9 µs209 µs
sort_key_field[500000]
src/uu/sort/benches/sort_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
701.3 ms701.7 ms
sort_case_sensitive[500000]
src/uu/sort/benches/sort_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
173.8 ms174 ms
rm_recursive_tree
src/uu/rm/benches/rm_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
11.7 ms11.8 ms
cksum_sysv
src/uu/cksum/benches/cksum_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
48.2 ms48.3 ms
mv_multiple_to_dir
src/uu/mv/benches/mv_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
12.9 ms12.9 ms
cksum_crc
src/uu/cksum/benches/cksum_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
16.9 ms17 ms
cksum_default
src/uu/cksum/benches/cksum_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
0%
16.9 ms17 ms
cksum_crc32b
src/uu/cksum/benches/cksum_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
-1%
13.3 ms13.3 ms
cksum_raw_output
src/uu/cksum/benches/cksum_bench.rs
CodSpeed Performance Gauge
-1%
16.9 ms17 ms

Commits

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2d718f2
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shuf: correctness: Use Fisher-Yates for nonrepeating integers We used to use a clever homegrown way to sample integers. But GNU shuf with --random-source observably uses Fisher-Yates, and the output of the old version depended on a heuristic (making it dangerous for --random-seed). So now we do Fisher-Yates here, just like we do for other inputs. In deterministic modes the output for --input-range is identical that for piping `seq` into `shuf`. We imitate the old algorithm's method for keeping the resource use in check. The performance of the new version is very close to that of the old version: I haven't found any cases where it's much faster or much slower.
cbc7c42
10 months ago
by blyxxyz
-0.02%
Merge branch 'main' into clean-shuf-2
b4b40a6
15 days ago
by sylvestre
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