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Display a random fortune on each Terminal window. BSD Fortune was created when Unix was young, and is the venerable BSD program that is able tp print a random fortune to the standard output (usually the Terminal). Fortune is typically added to a shell login script (such as .login or .profile) so every time a new Terminal window opens a random fortune appears. The fortunes themselves come from an endless library of quotes, quips, sayings, anecdotes, and jokes from a wide variety of sources. Once installed simply enter the Terminal and type 'fortune' to receive a random quote. Includes tools and man pages to help you make your own fortunes. Here are some key features of "BSD Fortune": · -a - Choose from all databases, regardless of whether they are considered "offensive" · -e - Make the probability of choosing a fortune file equal to that of all other files · -f - Print out a list of all fortune files that would have been searched, but do not print a fortune · -i - When used with -m, make regular expression searching case-insensitive · -l - Use only quotes longer than the length specified with -n, or 160 characters if -n is not used · -m - Print all fortunes matching the regular expression specified in · -o - Choose only from "offensive" databases · -s - Use only quotes shorter than the length specified with -n, or 160 characters if -n is not used · -w - Wait for a period of time before terminating; useful for situations in which a fortune needs to be read before the screen is cleared

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