Oh and of course if you then put > filename at the end, e.g.
perl new-lc -5000 english-s > waytoomanynames.txt
it will output the result to a file instead of the screen.
CK
On 1/8/07, Conrad Knauer <atheoi@gmail.com> wrote:
> I seem to have it working; there is a definite lack of instructions on
> that page I will agree ;)
>
> The simplest way to get it working would be to download
>
> http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~pound/new-lc
>
> and name files, e.g.
>
> http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~pound/english-m (English Male Names)
> http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~pound/english-f (English Female Names)
> http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~pound/english-s (English Surnames)
>
> (or get your own from somewhere, e.g. http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/)
>
> drop them into a directory and from a Terminal window set to that dir,
> e.g. to generate five new english surnames based on common letter
> combinations, run:
>
> perl new-lc -5 english-s
>
> for ten english males names:
>
> perl new-lc -10 english-m
>
> for seven english female names:
>
> perl new-lc -7 english-f
>
> Then its mix and match fun time :)
>
> "Harlos Swiste was a kind lad who longed to wed the miller's fair
> daughter, Alina Crenn."
>
> Fun fun fun ;-)
>
> CK
>
> On 1/7/07, jimw wagner <jpw@sasktel.net> wrote:
> >
> > I would like to have a name-generator, resident on my machine, for those days when I can't seem to come up with a good name for a character.
> >
> > Rather than learning programming and re-inventing the wheel, I went looking on the net.
> >
> > I found what looks like the thing at
> > http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~pound/
> >
> > It's done in perl. but I can't seem to make it run. Digging through Google, I got so far as to make it say, when I ran it, 'usage: lc-namegenerator -[s|#] filename'.
> >
> > Can anyone out there give me some notions?
> >
> > JimW
> >
>
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