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I'm not confident that the random number generation in the current state has a (close to) uniform distribution.

local rand=`od -An -N2 -i /dev/`
pp[$i]=${words[$rand % ${#words[@]}]}

Looking for ways to improve and/or test the random generator.

Sometimes when generating passphrases, the files inside the current directory show up at a random position in the passphrase.

diceypass 8 100 | grep README
deny snail LICENSE.md README.md diceypass diceypass-test.sh test ghetto rq ani edgar labia
gold worse synod jg oxnard aviv LICENSE.md README.md diceypass diceypass-test.sh test monty

I'm sure this is a problem with special chars in shell and bad escaping of the word list. I'm investigating. Please drop me a note if you can help!