scripts/shell/random-word-pair

#!/usr/bin/env bash
# This script will create a random word pair with an underscore ex. turtle_ladder

random_word_pair() {
    # Constants 
    local random_words num_random_words random_1 random_2 word_1 word_2
    random_words=/usr/share/dict/words
    # total number of non-random words available 
    num_random_words=$(wc -l $random_words | cut -d" " -f 1)
    # Get two random integers
    random_1=$(shuf -i 1-"$num_random_words" -n 1)
    random_2=$(shuf -i 1-"$num_random_words" -n 1)
    # Get the nth word
    word_1=$(sed "${random_1}q;d" "$random_words")
    word_2=$(sed "${random_2}q;d" "$random_words")
    # Sanitize words
    word_1="${word_1,,}"
    word_1="${word_1//-/}"
    word_2="${word_2,,}"
    word_2="${word_2//-/}"
    echo "${word_1,,}_${word_2,,}"
    return 0
}

# Allow this file to be executed directly if not being sourced
if [[ "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" == "$0" ]]; then
    random_word_pair
    exit $?
fi