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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; otherwise 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, maintained 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.