Lipsum.c

Generates a random string of words of given length using UNIX words file.

Dependencies

• Unix words file at /usr/share/dict/words or /usr/dict/words. This should exist in most UNIX-like operating systems.

Usage

lipsum <num words>

Explanation

It is a somewhat verbose C implementation of the following python function:

import os
import random

def lipsum(num_words):
    if os.path.exists('/usr/share/dict/words'):
        file_name = '/usr/share/dict/words'
    elif os.path.exists('/usr/dict/words'):
        file_name = '/usr/dict/words'
    else:
        return 1

    with open(file_name, 'r') as word_file:
        words = word_file.readlines()
    for i in range(num_words):
        print(words[random.randint(0, len(words))], end=' ')
    return 0