GOVT WORDS

govwords.py

import os
import sys

from random import choice


def get_dict_words():
    """Get some words from local dict."""
    # Choices: web2, words, web2a, connectives, propernames
    folder = 'words'
    osx_words = '/usr/share/dict/{}'.format(folder)
    with open(osx_words, 'r') as wordfile:
        words = wordfile.readlines()
    return words


if __name__ == '__main__':
    maxnum = int(sys.argv[1])
    words = get_dict_words()
    govwords = [
        '{fst}{scnd}'.format(
            fst=choice(words).upper().replace('\n', ''),
            scnd=choice(words).upper().replace('\n', '')
        )
        for _ in range(maxnum)
    ]
    print('\n'.join(govwords))