[CW] Another cw practice related utility & a large practice word file

[Bill Lanahan]

On Fri, Oct 4, 2019 at 9:30 PM Bill Lanahan <wa2nfn at gmail.com> wrote:

> *An alphabetized list of 58,000 English words.
> <http://www.Mieliestronk.com/wordlist.html>
> http://www.Mieliestronk/words.html <http://www.Mieliestronk/words.html>*
> Use as input to "cwpt.exe", "random.exe" (next link), or code tutors.
> *Download random.exe for windows AMD-64, utility to randomize data (see
> below) <https://www.qsl.net/wa2nfn/random.exe>*
> The text below is available by running: random.exe -help
>
> random.exe - randomize stings in a file for a morse tutor, sending practice, typing practice, etc.
>
> random.exe [-in=in.txt] [-out=] [-min=1] [-max=25] [-num=0] (default options shown)
>
> where:
>
>  -in is the input file to read to obtain character strings (default in.txt)
>  -out is the output file to write to (default is stdout (your screen))
>  -min the minimum length of a string to save (default=1)
>  -max the maximum length of a string to save (default=25)
>  -num the number of strings to find in the input file and save for possible printing (default=0, 0 means ALL!)
>  -version software version for bug reporting or to know if you have the latest software
>  -help this help text
>
> when run:
>
>  The utility will read the input and store strings in random order.
>  Report the number of strings read (less than or equal to the number in input file).
>  Prompt you to enter the number of the read strings you want as output (0 means you want ALL!.
>
> e.x. myin.txt contains: "A short input file for demonstration. 123 <SK>  2+2=4"
>
> random.exe -in=myin.txt -min=4 -max=7
>
> Output after running:
>
> input 123 <SK> short file 2+2=4 for
>
> Note: 2 strings did not meet the size criteria so were dropped.
> Note: It is up to your morse tutor or follow on tool to cull out or modify extraneous data.
>
>
>
> 73 Bill WA2NFN
>
> P.S. the 58000 word file was randomized in 0.2 seconds with random.exe. You may think of
>
>  other non-cw uses it. And each output string (word) is unique, even it its duplicated in the input.
>
>
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