old_contents: #!/usr/bin/env python
  
  import random
  import sys
  
  try: length = int(sys.argv[1])
  except IndexError: length = 4
  
  r = random.Random()
  words = [ x.strip() for x in open('/usr/share/dict/words', 'r').readlines() ]
  for x in xrange(length):
      print r.choice(words),
  print
  
new_contents: #!/usr/bin/env python
  
  # passphrase
  #
  # Trawls /usr/share/dict/words for random words (four by default, number
  # may be specified as first argument on command line).
  
  import random
  import sys
  
  try: length = int(sys.argv[1])
  except IndexError: length = 4
  
  r = random.Random()
  words = [ x.strip() for x in open('/usr/share/dict/words', 'r').readlines() ]
  for x in xrange(length):
      print r.choice(words),
  print
  
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