https://github.com/bmoneill/fortune

A fortune(6) implementation
https://github.com/bmoneill/fortune

bsd-games cli fortune

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A fortune(6) implementation

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/bmoneill/fortune
• Owner: bmoneill
• License: mit
• Created: 2022-10-21T23:03:51.000Z (almost 3 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2025-08-10T17:34:06.000Z (about 2 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-08-10T19:22:20.058Z (about 2 months ago)
• Topics: bsd-games, cli, fortune
• Language: C
• Homepage:
• Size: 23.4 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# A simple fortune implementation

This is a simple fortune implementation that supports the same file

formats as the standard Linux/BSD versions.

## Installation

### Linux

```shell

make

sudo make install

```

## Usage

```shell

fortune [file] [separator]

```

Default separator is `'\n'`.

## Further Reading

* [fortune.c on UNIX V7](https://www.tuhs.org/cgi-bin/utree.pl?file=V7/usr/src/games/fortune.c)

## Bugs

If you find a bug, submit an issue, PR, or email me with a description and/or patch.

## License

Copyright (c) 2022-2025 Ben O'Neill . This work is released under the

terms of the MIT License. See [LICENSE](LICENSE) for the license terms.