Re: running a perl-script

Part of my problem is the small printing on the site. My 62-year-old
eyes missed the fact that I had to have the name-modules loaded as well.

I will work at this some more, possibly this evening.

Thanks,

JimW

Conrad Knauer 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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Received on Mon Jan 8 11:15:31 2007