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https://github.com/ruanyf/fortunes

A collection of fortune database files for Chinese users.
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A collection of fortune database files for Chinese users.

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## What is Fortune?



Fortune is a simple Unix program that displays a random message from a database of quotations.



```

$ fortune



"What we see is mainly what we look for."

  ~Unknown

```



This repo contains some fortune database files, especially useful for Chinese user.



- fortunes: quotes in English, 5437 items

- chinese: quotes in Chinese, 25919 items

- tang300: poems of Tang Dynasty in Chinese, 313 items

- song100: poems of Song Dynasty in Chinese, 95 items

- diet: diet proverbs in Chinese, 123 items



## Screenshot



![](./screenshot.png)



## Install



First install [fortune package](http://linux.die.net/man/6/fortune). If your computer has already installed it, skip this step.



```bash

# Debian/Ubuntu

$ sudo apt-get install fortune



# Mac

$ brew install fortune

```



Then install the repo.



```bash

# Debian/Ubuntu

$ git clone [email protected]:ruanyf/fortunes.git

$ sudo mv fortunes/data/* /usr/share/games/fortunes/



# Mac

$ git clone [email protected]:ruanyf/fortunes.git

$ strfile fortunes/data/fortunes

$ strfile fortunes/data/chinese

$ strfile fortunes/data/tang300

$ strfile fortunes/data/song100

$ strfile fortunes/data/diet

$ mv fortunes/data/* /usr/local/share/games/fortunes/

```



## Usage



```bash

$ fortune [OPTIONS] [/path/to/fortunes]

```



Options



```

- -c     Show the cookie file from which the fortune came.

- -f     Print out the list of files which would be searched, but don't print a fortune.

- -e     Consider all fortune files to be of equal size.

```



Example of `-c`



```bash

$ fortune -c



(fortunes)

%

"Don't waste life in doubts and fears."

  ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

```



Example of `-f`



```bash

$ fortune -f



100.00% /usr/share/games/fortunes

    17.21% fortunes

    81.51% chinese

     0.98% tang300

     0.30% song100

```



Example of `-e`



```bash

$ fortune -e chinese fortunes

#  is equivalent to

$ fortune 50% chinese 50% fortunes



$ fortune -e chinese fortunes tang300 song100

#  is equivalent to

$ fortune 25% chinese 25% fortunes 25% tang300  25% song100

```



## How to automatically launch fortune when opening a shell window



Depending on which shell you use, at the end of your `~/.bashrc` or `~/.zshrc` file, copy the following lines into it.



```bash

echo

echo "=============== Quote Of The Day ==============="

echo

fortune

echo

echo "================================================"

echo

```



## How to make your own fortune database file



(1) Write your fortune items into a file.



(2) Append a percent sign (%) after each item. The percent sign should take a new line. The following is an example.



```

A day for firm decisions!!!!!  Or is it?

%

A few hours grace before the madness begins again.

%

A gift of a flower will soon be made to you.

%

A long-forgotten loved one will appear soon.



Buy the negatives at any price.

%

A tall, dark stranger will have more fun than you.

```



(3) Generate the index file.



```bash

strfile -c % your-fortune-file your-fortune-file.dat

```



(4) Move the fortune file and its index file into `/usr/share/games/fortunes/`.



## License



BSD licensed