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salishseasoftware/random-word

random-word

Yet another random word generator

Command Line Tool

A command line tool for Mac OS.

By default it uses the words in /usr/share/dict/words. You can provide your own list of words as a text file with each word on a spearate line.

You can compose a string made of mutiple words by specifying a count, and optionally a custom separator to use.

The words can be transformed to UPPERCASE, lowercase, or Capitalized.

Usage

USAGE: random-word [--file <file>] [--count <count>] [--separator <separator>] [--transformer <transformer>]

OPTIONS:
  -f, --file <file>       Path to words file. (default: /usr/share/dict/words)
  -c, --count <count>     Path to words file. (default: 1)
  -s, --separator <separator>
                          Separator to use when combining words. (default:  )
  -t, --transformer <transformer>
                          Output format [capitalize|uppercase|lowercase]
                          (default: none)
  -h, --help              Show help information.

Example

Default options

$ random-word
macrodont

Three words, uppercased, joined with a hyphen.

$ random-word -c 3 -t uppercase -s -
UNDERCOMMENT-DUNGHILLY-TRAMAL

Installation

There are mutiple ways to install

Manually

Clone the repo then you can use any one of the follwoiing options:

Makefile

Install using the Makefile

$ make install

Swift

Installing with swift

$ swift build -c release
$ cp .build/release/random-word /usr/local/bin/random-word

Xcode

Installing in Xcode

Generate the xcode project:

$ swift package generate-xcodeproj
$ open ./random-word.xcodeproj

In Xcode:

1. Product > Archive
2. Distribute Content
3. Built Products
4. copy random-word executable to /usr/local/bin/ or wherever you prefer.

RandomWordKit

Swift package