To generate a now distribution for February (2014-02), use such a command: ./allatonce 50 dist_2014-02 dist_2013-1[12] dist_2014-01 It generates 50 random distributions and selects the one, which is most different to those of November, December, and January. The files dist_2014-02 - linear list dist_2014-02.pdf - layoutet in PDF dist_2014-02.txt - layoutet in plain text will be generated.