bullsum

Using the Corporate Bull**** Generator as a lorem ipsum generator

This is a bash script to use the Corporate BullShit Generator as a lorem ipsum generator for the commandline.

Requires

• curl
• grep
• sed
• awk

Usage

If you just want one line (NOT one sentence) only all the time, use this one-liner instead:

curl -s https://cbsg.sourceforge.io/cgi-bin/live | grep -Eo '^<li>.*</li>' | sed s,\</\\?li\>,,g | shuf -n 1 

bullshit -l [ -p # | -s #]
-l Begin with Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
-s Specify number of sentences.
-p Specify number of paragraphs.
Paragraphs are always five sentences each.
-h shows this help message

Advanced Usage

To get the output into the clipboard, use

| tee >(xclip -selection primary) >(xclip -selection secondary) >(xclip -selection clipboard)

or

| tee >(xsel -i --primary) >(xsel -i --secondary) >(xsel -i --clipboard)

See the attached file bsclip for a simple example.