random-words-bash.sh

#!/bin/bash

# random words generator

dict="/usr/share/dict/american-english"
let word_c="$(wc -l $dict | awk '{print $1}')"
p=p

let oldseed=$(date +%N)

random_word() {
    let seed=`rand -s $oldseed -M $word_c`
    let nr=$seed%$word_c
    line=$nr$p

    oldseed=$seed
    echo -n $(sed -n $line $dict)" "
}

for i in $(seq 1 $1); do
    random_word
done