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fun with words and bash

number of words 8 characters or less

cat /usr/share/dict/words | awk 'length <= 8' | wc -l

display a random 5 character word

cat /usr/share/dict/words | awk 'length == 5' | shuf -n 1

list words ending in "ing"

grep -e 'ing$' /usr/share/dict/words
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