hostnamegen

About

This little tool generates random host names that make sense. It is a complementary library for namechanger.

Installation

Easiest way is by pulling from PyPI:

pip3 install hostnamegen

Usage

Random host name with defaults

$ hostnamegen
HOLZAPFEL-W3WS1Q

Ten random names using Japanese locale and selected classes

$ hostnamegen -lja_JP -n10 -d";" -cFirstNameDesktop,CompanyDesktop
GONG-ZE-DIAN-QI-YOU-XIAN-HUI-SHE-Y88FW4;HE-TONG-HUI-SHE-JIN-TENG-YIN-XING-1SW7YY;Liang-jie;Zhi-shu;Ying-shu;Yi;ZHONG-DAO-YIN-SHUA-ZHU-SHI-HUI-SHE-641IAN;YOU-XIAN-HUI-SHE-TIAN-BIAN-KUANG-YE-3AAQ5Q;QI-TENG-GASUZHU-SHI-HUI-SHE-1SH0DN;Yang-yi

List available classes

$ hostnamegen -cl
CompanyDesktop, FirstNameDesktop, WindowsDefault

List available locale

$ hostnamegen -ll
ar_EG, bg_BG, bs_BA, cs_CZ, de_DE, el_GR, en_US, es_ES, et_EE, fa_IR, fi_FI, fr_FR, hi_IN, hr_HR, hu_HU, it_IT, ja_JP, ko_KR, lt_LT, lv_LV, nl_NL, pl_PL, pt_BR, ro_RO, ru_RU, sl_SI, sv_SE, tr_TR, uk_UA, zh_CN

Legal

• License: BSD-3-Clause (http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause)

Contact

In case you feel the need to get in touch:

• tasooshi@pm.me
• GPG