Re: running a perl-script

Right. thanks again.

JimW

Conrad Knauer wrote:
> 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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Received on Mon Jan 8 11:17:27 2007