quick shell hack for generating xkcd-style passwords

correcthorsebatterystaple.sh

#!/bin/bash

# quick shell hack for generating xkcd-style passwords

wordcount=$1

MIN_WORD_LENGTH=4
MAX_WORD_LENGTH=7
LANGUAGE='en'

for i in $(seq 1 ${wordcount}); do
    echo -n $(aspell -d "${LANGUAGE}" dump master \
        | egrep "^[[:alpha:]]{$MIN_WORD_LENGTH,$MAX_WORD_LENGTH}$" \
        | shuf | tail -n 1 | tr [:upper:] [:lower:])
    echo -n " "
done