poissonrun poissonrun takes a PROBSPEC and a command as inputs and runs the command at random times depending on the PROBSPEC
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poissonrun takes a PROBSPEC and a command as inputs and runs the command at random times depending on the PROBSPEC poissonrun takes a PROBSPEC and a command as inputs and runs the command at random times depending on the PROBSPEC. PROBSEC will determine value T sothat the command will be run every T seconds on average. Each run will be independent of other runs. If the command is run at time t, it is equally likely to be run at time t d, where d will be the time delay between intervals.The probability specification PROBSPEC can be given in two forms. In the firstcase, PROBSPEC is a pure value (T) determining time interval in seconds.The command will be run every T second on average. The time interval is givenas a floating-point number.In the second case, PROBSPEC has form p=x, where x is a probability of thecommand being run at any random invocation. For example, if x=0.1, the eventoccurs, on average, once in 10 runs.Randomization happens once every second, or if "--sleep t" is given,randomization happens every "t" seconds. However, only one instance of thecommand is being run at any given time, unless -f option is used (fork and forget), in which case many commands be in running state simultaneously.If -f is not used, time interval T should be much greater than commandexecution time so that poisson process is statistically reasonable.

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