fortune

Print a random quotation (fortune-cookie style). More information: <https://manned.org/fortune>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/fortune.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install 9base
Ubuntu
apt-get install 9base
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S 9base
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install 9base
Fedora
dnf install fortune-mod
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install 9base
Raspbian
apt-get install 9base
Dockerfile
dockerfile.run/fortune

Print a random quotation (fortune-cookie style). More information: <https://manned.org/fortune>.

  • Print a quotation:
    fortune
  • Print an offensive quotation:
    fortune -o
  • Print a long quotation:
    fortune -l
  • Print a short quotation:
    fortune -s
  • List the available quotation database files:
    fortune -f
  • Print a quotation from one of the database files listed by `fortune -f`:
    fortune path/to/file

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