generates random usernames
- you will need
xselfor the interactive mode - you will need some Perl modules
- currently unix runs under unix system
- this will download the census data + wiktionary
namengen.pl -d 1
Usage: namegen.pl <# of names>
-m select mode
-d download the database
-i interactive mode (array is possible, separate with spaces)
-r randomly select a mode
> namegen -r 5
reclinem
daniel-laroche
Lillie-Nakagawa
Melissa.Owens
Dorothy-Nichols
>namegen -i 5
[0] Dale Daniel
[1] Catherine Hussain
[2] Claude Hyler
[3] Paul Pennington
[4] Jammie Dallas
Enter result to copy to clipboard [0-9|q|n]:
Options:
n generates new data
0-9 enter a valid number
q quit
| Mode | Example |
|---|---|
| 0 | First Last |
| 1 | First.Last |
| 2 | first.last |
| 3 | First-Last |
| 4 | first-last |
| 5 | FirstLast |
| 6 | firstlast |
| 7 | Word |
| 8 | word |
| 9 | Word.Word |
| 10 | word.word |
| 11 | adjnoun |
| 12 | adjfirst |
To be continued.
I use the following aliases for quick access of the most important functions: name generation and username generation.
alias namegen="usergen -m 0"
alias usergen="usergen -m '11 12'"
This is a total rewrite of https://github.com/carterpage/census-name-generator