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Generate pseudo-random names from name files
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================================================================================ namegen.c | version 1.0 | zlib license | 2015-02-02 James Hendrie | hendrie.james@gmail.com ================================================================================ 1. Description 2. Requirements / Restrictions 3. Installation / Uninstallation 4. Usage 5. Examples 6. Links ---------------------------------------- 1. Description ---------------------------------------- namegen is a program that generates pseudo-random names according to the arguments given and the files from which it reads. These files are named 'firstnames_male.txt', 'firstnames_female.txt' and 'surnames.txt' respectively, and all are contained within the namegen data directory. By default this directory is located at /usr/share/namegen/data, though it may be different on your installation. ---------------------------------------- 2. Requirements / Restrictions ---------------------------------------- In addition to the aforementioned files, this program uses the following C headers: stdio.h, stdlib.h, string.h, time.h, ctype.h and getopt.h. If you're able to compile C programs on your system, chances are good that you'll be able to compile this without issues, though if you're having problems feel free to poke around and adjust the headers in the source code. ---------------------------------------- 3. Installation / Uninstallation ---------------------------------------- To build, compile the program with 'make'. It shouldn't take long, though obviously you'll need a C compiler. If you're on any modern UNIX or Linux distro you should already have one, and if you don't, shame on you. Go install GCC (gcc.gnu.org) right away. After compiling the binary with 'make', install with 'make install' using superuser privileges. To uninstall the program, use 'make uninstall' with superuser privileges. ---------------------------------------- 4. Usage ---------------------------------------- Usage: namegen [OPTIONS] OPTIONS: -h Print this help text -V Print version and author info -n NUM Print NUM names (default 1) -u Print names in all upper-case -l Print names in all lower-case -m Retrieve only male first names -f Retrieve only female first names -s Retrieve only surnames -S Do not print surnames ---------------------------------------- 5. Examples ---------------------------------------- namegen Generate one random name, either male or female. namegen -n 10 Generate ten random names, male or female namegen -f -n10 Print ten female names namegen -umS -n 100 Print 100 male first names, all in uppercase letters. namegen -fln1000 Print 1000 female names in all lowercase letters. ---------------------------------------- 6. Links ---------------------------------------- Project page: https://github.com/jahendrie/namegen Programs page (personal site): http://www.someplacedumb.net/content/progs
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