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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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