#!/bin/bash cat ~/irclogs/tc/* | grep '>' | awk '{$1=""; $2=""; $3=""}1' | shuf -n 500000 > /tmp/markylol nextword(){ awk '{for (I=1;I<=NF;I++) if ($I == "'$1'") {print $(I+1)};}' /tmp/markylol | shuf -n 1 ; } PASTWORD=$1 makesent(){ printf "$PASTWORD " ; PASTWORD=`nextword $PASTWORD | tr '"' "'"` ; [ -z "$PASTWORD" ] || makesent ; } makesent echo