FORTUNE(1) FORTUNE(1)
NAME
fortune, theo, troll - sample lines from a file
SYNOPSIS
fortune [ file ]
theo
troll
DESCRIPTION
Fortune prints a one-line aphorism chosen at random. If a
file is specified, the saying is taken from that file; oth-
erwise it is selected from /sys/games/lib/fortunes.
Troll is more specific than fortune; it specializes in
inflammatory rhetoric.
Theo is more specific than troll; it presents insults from
OpenBSD founder Theo de Raadt.
FILES
/sys/games/lib/fortunes
/sys/games/lib/fortunes.index fast lookup table, main-
tained automatically
/lib/theo
/lib/troll
SOURCE
/sys/src/cmd/fortune.c
/rc/bin/theo
/rc/bin/troll
HISTORY
Theo and troll first appeared in 9front (July, 2011).
AUTHORS
Some initial trolls were provided by ChrisPBS.
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