random-words


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#!/bin/sh

NUM=$1
if [ "$NUM"x = ""x ]; then
    NUM=10
fi

grep -v "'" /usr/share/dict/words | \
    awk '
    	BEGIN {
	    srand()
	}
	{
	    print int(rand() * 1000000), $0
	}' | \
	    sort -n | \
	    awk '{print $2}' | \
	    head -$NUM | xargs echo