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randword.sh
#!/bin/bash
n=$((1 + RANDOM % 2))
if [[ "$n" == "1" ]]; then
str=$(shuf -n1 /usr/share/dict/american-english | cut -d$'\t' -f1 | tr '\n' ' ' | sed "s/'s//g")
else
str=$(cat /dev/urandom | tr -dc 'a-zA-Z0-9' | fold -w 4 | head -n 1)
fi
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