carta
plan9-fortune(1)

plan9-fortune1

Sample lines from a file

Usage

fortune [file]

Overview

Fortune prints a one-line aphorism chosen at random. If a file is specified, the saying is taken from that file; otherwise it is selected from /lib/fortunes.

Files

/lib/fortunes
/lib/fortunes.index fast lookup table, maintained automatically

Source

/src/cmd/fortune.c

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