randomize-word

 
#!/bin/bash
 
   NAME=`cat biblical_names.list | shuf -n 1`
   SEPARATED=;WORD=$NAME;C=1; 
   while [ $C -lt `echo $WORD | wc -c` ]; 
   do SEPARATED=$SEPARATED`echo $WORD | cut -c $C`,;
      C=`expr $C + 1`; done; 
   SEPARATED=`echo $SEPARATED | rev | cut -c 2-200 | rev`
   CONSONANTS=`echo $SEPARATED | tr -d [aeiouAEIOU}`
   VOWELS=`echo $SEPARATED | \
           tr -d [bcdfghjklmnpqrstvwxyzBCDFGHJKLMNPQRSTVWXYZ]`
   for LETTER in `echo $SEPARATED | \
   tr 'aeiouAEIOU' '..........' |  sed 's/,/\n/g'`; do 
     if [ $LETTER = . ]; then
 # ---------------------------------------------------------- #
   C=1 ; REST=""; for VOWEL in `echo $VOWELS | \
   sed 's/,/\n/g' | shuf `; do if [ $C -eq 1 ]; then 
   LETTER=${VOWEL}; else REST=${REST}","${VOWEL} 
   fi ; C=`expr $C + 1`; done; VOWELS=$REST
 # ---------------------------------------------------------- #
      else
 # ---------------------------------------------------------- #
   C=1 ; REST=""; for CONSONANT in `echo $CONSONANTS | \
   sed 's/,/\n/g' | shuf`; do if [ $C -eq 1 ]; then
   LETTER=${CONSONANT}; else REST=${REST}","${CONSONANT}
   fi; C=`expr $C + 1`; done; CONSONANTS=$REST
 # ---------------------------------------------------------- #
      fi
   SHUFFLED=${SHUFFLED}${LETTER}
   done; FIRST=`echo $SHUFFLED | sed 's/ //g' | cut -c 1 | \
   tr '[a-z]' '[A-Z]'`; REST=`echo $SHUFFLED | \
   tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]' | sed 's/ //g' | cut -c 2-30`; 
   NAME=${FIRST}${REST}
   echo $NAME
 
exit 0;