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lorem — Create some random Latin looking placeholder text. More information: <https://manned.org/lorem>.

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How to use the lorem command: Create some random Latin looking placeholder text. More information: <https://manned.org/lorem>.

lorem — Create some random Latin looking placeholder text. More information: <https://manned.org/lorem>.

Print the specified number of words:

lorem -n {{20}}

Print 10 lines of Goethe's Faust:

lorem -l {{10}} --faust

Print 5 sentences of Poe's Raven:

lorem -s {{5}} --raven

Print 40 random characters from Boccaccio's Decameron:

lorem --randomize -c {{40}} --decamerone

Print the specified number of words

lorem -n {{20}}

Print 10 lines of Goethe's Faust

lorem -l {{10}} --faust

Print 5 sentences of Poe's Raven

lorem -s {{5}} --raven

Print 40 random characters from Boccaccio's Decameron

lorem --randomize -c {{40}} --decamerone

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