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@(#)fortune.6 6.1 (Berkeley) 05/20/85

C 4 fortune - print a random, hopefully interesting, adage /usr/games/fortune [ - ] [ -wslao ] ..[ file ] Fortune with no arguments prints out a random adage. The flags mean:

5 -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.

5 -s Short messages only.

5 -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.

..The user may specify a file of adages. ..This file must be created by strfile(6), ..and be given by the user as ...it file. ..Only one such file may be named, ..subsequent ones are ignored.

/usr/games/lib/fortunes.dat Ken Arnold ...SH SEE ALSO ..strfile(6)