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get some random first names
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| filename="first-names.txt" | |
| targetFilename="names.txt" | |
| wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dominictarr/random-name/master/${filename} | |
| length=$(cat ${filename} | wc -l) | |
| truncate -s 0 ${targetFilename} | |
| for i in {1..42} | |
| do | |
| line=$(( ($RANDOM%length ) +1)) | |
| tail -n +$(( (line-1) )) first-names.txt | head -n 1 >> ${targetFilename} | |
| done |
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