NAME

fortune − sample lines from a file

SYNOPSIS

­fortune [ ­file ]

DESCRIPTION

­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 /sys/games/lib/fortunes. 

FILES

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

SOURCE

­/sys/src/cmd/fortune.c

Plan 9  —  December 11, 1999