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Created August 5, 2011 07:50
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Bash utility that aids creative thinking (:
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# utility that aids creative thinking by generating a random word.
# See 'Random Input' technique (http://members.optusnet.com.au/charles57/Creative/Techniques/random.htm)
FILE='/usr/share/dict/words'
head -$((${RANDOM} % `wc -l < ${FILE}` + 1)) ${FILE} | tail -1
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