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1.1     ! root        1: .\" Copyright (c) 1980 Regents of the University of California.
        !             2: .\" All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
        !             3: .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
        !             4: .\"
        !             5: .\"    @(#)fortune.6   6.1 (Berkeley) 5/20/85
        !             6: .\"
        !             7: .TH FORTUNE 6 "May 20, 1985"
        !             8: .UC 4
        !             9: .SH NAME
        !            10: fortune \- print a random, hopefully interesting, adage
        !            11: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !            12: .B /usr/games/fortune
        !            13: [
        !            14: .B \-
        !            15: ] [
        !            16: .B \-wslao
        !            17: ]
        !            18: ..[ file ]
        !            19: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            20: .I Fortune
        !            21: with no arguments prints out a random adage. The flags mean:
        !            22: .PP
        !            23: .TP 5
        !            24: .B \-w
        !            25: Waits before termination
        !            26: for an amount of time calculated from the number of characters in the message.
        !            27: This is useful if it is executed as part of the logout procedure
        !            28: to guarantee that the message can be read before the screen is cleared.
        !            29: .TP 5
        !            30: .B \-s
        !            31: Short messages only.
        !            32: .TP 5
        !            33: .B \-l
        !            34: Long messages only.
        !            35: .TP
        !            36: .B \-o
        !            37: Choose from an alternate list of adages,
        !            38: often used for potentially offensive ones.
        !            39: .TP
        !            40: .B \-a
        !            41: Choose from either list of adages.
        !            42: .PP
        !            43: ..The user may specify a file of adages.
        !            44: ..This file must be created by strfile(6),
        !            45: ..and be given by the user as
        !            46: ...it file.
        !            47: ..Only one such file may be named,
        !            48: ..subsequent ones are ignored.
        !            49: .SH FILES
        !            50: /usr/games/lib/fortunes.dat
        !            51: .SH AUTHOR
        !            52: Ken Arnold
        !            53: ...SH SEE\ ALSO
        !            54: ..strfile(6)

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