FORTUNE
Section: Games and Demos (6)
Updated: 1 February 1983
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NAME
fortune - print a random, hopefully interesting, adage
SYNOPSIS
/usr/games/fortune
[
-
] [
-wslao
]
DESCRIPTION
Fortune
with no arguments prints out a random adage. The flags mean:
- -w
-
Waits before termination
for an amount of time calculated from the number of characters in the message.
This is useful if it is executed as part of the logout procedure
to guarantee that the message can be read before the screen is cleared.
- -s
-
Short messages only.
- -l
-
Long messages only.
- -o
-
Choose from an alternate list of adages,
often used for potentially offensive ones.
- -a
-
Choose from either list of adages.
FILES
/usr/games/lib/fortunes.dat
AUTHOR
Ken Arnold
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