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rig — Utility to piece together a random first name, last name, street number and address, along with a ge

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Problem

How to use the rig command: Utility to piece together a random first name, last name, street number and address, along with a geographically consistent (ie, they all match the same area) city, state, ZIP code, and area code. More information: <https://manned.org/rig>.

Solution

rig — Utility to piece together a random first name, last name, street number and address, along with a geographically consistent (ie, they all match the same area) city, state, ZIP code, and area code. More information: <https://manned.org/rig>.

Display a random name (male or female) and address:

rig

Display a [m]ale (or [f]emale) random name and address:

rig -{{m|f}}

Use [d]ata files from a specific directory (default is /usr/share/rig):

rig -d {{path/to/directory}}

Display a specific number of identities:

rig -c {{number}}

Display a specific number of [f]emale identities:

rig -f -c {{number}}

Code Snippets

Display a random name (male or female) and address

rig

Display a [m]ale (or [f]emale) random name and address

rig -{{m|f}}

Use [d]ata files from a specific directory (default is `/usr/share/rig`)

rig -d {{path/to/directory}}

Display a specific number of identities

rig -c {{number}}

Display a specific number of [f]emale identities

rig -f -c {{number}}

Context

tldr-pages: linux/rig

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