Yet another random word generator
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 separate line.
You can compose a string made of multiple words by specifying a count, and optionally a custom separator to use.
The words can be transformed to UPPERCASE, lowercase, or Capitalized.
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.
Default options
$ random-word
macrodont
Three words, uppercased, joined with a hyphen.
$ random-word -c 3 -t uppercase -s -
UNDERCOMMENT-DUNGHILLY-TRAMAL
With Mint
$ mint install salishseasoftware/random-wordClone the repo then:
$ make install
Or using swift itself:
$ swift build -c release
$ cp .build/release/random-word /usr/local/bin/random-word
Generate the Xcode project:
$ swift package generate-xcodeproj
$ open ./random-word.xcodeproj
In Xcode:
- Product > Archive
- Distribute Content
- Built Products
- copy
random-wordexecutable to/usr/local/bin/or wherever you prefer.
Swift package