unix_gen_dictionary.rb

#Small function to generate a comma delimited dictionary on a unix system
def gen_dictionary
   f = open("| cat /usr/share/dict/words")
   g = Array.new
   while (foo = f.gets)
      g << foo
   end
   g.each do |element|
      element = element.strip
      print element + ","
   end
end

gen_dictionary

Totally forked this.