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random-words.sh

#!/usr/local/bin/bash

function center {
  if test -p /dev/stdin; then
    data=$(</dev/stdin)
  elif test -a ${1}; then
    data=$(cat ${1}) 
  elif test -n ${1}; then
    data=$*
  else
    _err "No content provided"
    return 1
  fi

  total="10"
  colpad="$(seq -f "=" -s '' ${total})"
  texttotal="30"
  textsize="$(((${texttotal}-${#1})/2))"
  textpad="$(seq -f " " -s '' ${textsize})"
  printf '%s%s%s%s%s\n' "${colpad}" "${textpad}" "${data}" "${textpad}" "${colpad}"
}


wordlist="/usr/share/dict/words"

tL=`awk 'NF!=0 {++c} END {print c}' ${wordlist}`

for i in $(seq 10); do
  rnum=$((RANDOM%$tL+1))
  sed -n "${rnum} p" ${wordlist} | center
done


# Results
# ==========               Apachette               ==========
# ==========               bricklining               ==========
# ==========               ashery               ==========
# ==========               Autobasidiomycetes               ==========
# ==========               bobbery               ==========
# ==========               amphistome               ==========
# ==========               bremely               ==========
# ==========               astral               ==========
# ==========               biolinguistics               ==========
# ==========               affrightfully               ==========