tongues

#!/bin/bash

# Define the file containing characters
CHAR_FILE="god.txt"

# Function to generate a random number within a given range
random_number() {
    min=$1
    max=$2
    echo $(($min + RANDOM % ($max - $min + 1)))
}

# Function to generate a random word
generate_word() {
    word_length=$(random_number 3 10)  # Random word length between 3 and 10 characters
    word=""
    for ((i=0; i<$word_length; i++)); do
        # Select a random character from the character file
        start_pos=$(random_number 1 $(wc -c < "$CHAR_FILE"))
        char=$(dd if="$CHAR_FILE" bs=1 skip=$((start_pos - 1)) count=1 2>/dev/null)
        word="$word$char"
    done
    echo "$word"
}

# Function to generate a random sentence
generate_sentence() {
    # Determine a random number of words
    num_words=$(random_number 1 20)
    
    sentence=""
    # Generate the sentence by selecting random words
    for ((i=0; i<$num_words; i++)); do
        # Generate a random word
        word=$(generate_word)
        # Append the word to the sentence
        sentence="$sentence $word"
    done
    
    # Capitalize the first letter of the sentence and add a period
    sentence=$(echo "$sentence" | sed 's/^\(.\)/\U\1/')"."
    echo "$sentence"
}

# Main function
main() {
    # Generate and output the random sentence
    generate_sentence
}

# Run the main function
main