solved: random word or dictionary

[jamapii]

Hello

How can i create (choose) a random non-english word, or equivalently, an ASCII/UTF list of words of a dictionary.

For example, apg etc. create only passwords, and not actual words.

/usr/share/dict has only English words.

aspell exports and otherwise deals with "word lists", whatever that is, but not dictionaries.

So ...?

[e3k]

do you mean absolutely random words? like brute force?
for this you would have to write and iterator that would iterate trough a range of the ASCII table that would write down every possible combination that exists.
that would be used as a dictionary.
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[jamapii]

ok just my quick n dirty solution

something like

[jamapii]

oh thanks for the reply.

Truly random strings are easy to create with apg, pwgen, ranpwd. These make good passwords.

My select-a-random-word is for words, that should be pronounced and understood, but still be as random as possible.

[fedeliallalinea]

I'm not sure if I understand but with app-text/dictd and app-dicts/freedict-*

[jamapii]

thanks a lot, now the script is just


aspell -l de dump master | shuf -n1