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Old 05-24-2007
anbu23 anbu23 is offline Forum Advisor  
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Code:
number=$(( RANDOM % 21 + 1 ))
word=$( sed -n "$number p" words_list_file )
letters=$(echo $word | wc -c)
letters=$(( $letters - 1 ))
template="$(echo $word | tr '[a-z A-Z 0-9]' '.')"
remaining=$letters