import random
names_file = file('/etc/dictionaries-common/words')
num_dict_lines = 9900 # A-Z, no apostrophes, approximate!
bytes = num_dict_lines * 10 * 8 # lines * avg word len * bytes/char
rand_words = [ln for ln in names_file.readlines(bytes) if "'" not in ln]
names_file.close()
def gen_name():
idx = random.randint(2, num_dict_lines)
username = rand_words[idx]
#print 'last:', rand_words[num_dict_lines]
return username.strip()
# Generate a few samples.
for i in range(3):
print gen_name(),
# Printed: Sister Frankfort Babbitt
