golang-petname1
Utility to generate "pet names", consisting of a random combination of adverbs, an adjective, and a proper name
Usage
golang-petname [{-w | --words
INT}]
[{-s | --separator
STR}]
Options
--words number of words in the name, default is 2
--separator string used to separate name words, default is '-'
Overview
This utility will generate "pet names", consisting of a random combination of an adverb, adjective, and proper name. These are useful for unique hostnames, for instance.
The default packaging contains about 2000 names, 1300 adjectives, and 4000 adverbs, yielding nearly 10 billion unique combinations, covering over 32 bits of unique namespace.
As such, PetName tries to follow the tenets of Zooko's triangle. Names are:
- human meaningful
- decentralized
- secure
Examples
$ golang-petname
wiggly-Anna
$ golang-petname --words 1
Marco
$ golang-petname --words 3
quickly-scornful-Johnathan
$ golang-petname --words 4
dolorously-leisurely-wee-Susan
$ golang-petname --separator ":"
hospitable:Isla
$ golang-petname --separator "" --words 3
adeptlystaticNicole
Releases
Unchanged in 2 releases since Debian 12 (Bookworm).