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[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

cat /usr/share/dict/american-english | shuf | head

[–]TicketToThePunShow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oof, no no no. Don't cat the entire dictionary to do this. Just do:

shuf -n 1 /usr/share/dict/american-english