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diff --git a/fortune/fortune/fortune.6 b/fortune/fortune/fortune.6 deleted file mode 100644 index de371d4d..00000000 --- a/fortune/fortune/fortune.6 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,175 +0,0 @@ -.\" $NetBSD: fortune.6,v 1.17 2019/07/23 11:02:29 uwe Exp $ -.\" -.\" Copyright (c) 1985, 1991, 1993 -.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. -.\" -.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by -.\" Ken Arnold. -.\" -.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without -.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions -.\" are met: -.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright -.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. -.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright -.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the -.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. -.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors -.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software -.\" without specific prior written permission. -.\" -.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND -.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE -.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE -.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE -.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL -.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS -.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) -.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT -.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY -.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF -.\" SUCH DAMAGE. -.\" -.\" @(#)fortune.6 8.3 (Berkeley) 4/19/94 -.\" -.Dd July 22, 2019 -.Dt FORTUNE 6 -.Os -.Sh NAME -.Nm fortune -.Nd print a random, hopefully interesting, adage -.Sh SYNOPSIS -.Nm -.Op Fl aefilosw -.Op Fl m Ar pattern -.Oo -.Op Ar N\^ Ns Cm \&% -.Ar file\| Ns / Ns Ar dir\| Ns / Ns Cm \^all -.Oc -.Sh DESCRIPTION -When -.Nm -is run with no arguments it prints out a random epigram. -Epigrams are divided into several categories, where each category -is subdivided into those which are potentially offensive and those -which are not. -The options are as follows: -.Bl -tag -width ".Fl XXX" -.It Fl a -Choose from all lists of maxims, both offensive and not. -(See the -.Fl o -option for more information on offensive fortunes.) -.It Fl e -Consider all fortune files to be of equal size (see discussion below -on multiple files). -.It Fl f -Print out the list of files which would be searched, but don't -print a fortune. -.It Fl i -Ignore case for -.Fl m -patterns. -.It Fl l -Long dictums only. -.It Fl m Ar pattern -Print out all fortunes which match the regular expression -.Ar pattern . -See -.Xr regex 3 -for a description of patterns. -.It Fl o -Choose only from potentially offensive aphorisms. -.Bf -symbolic -Please, please, please request a potentially offensive fortune if and -only if you believe, deep down in your heart, that you are willing -to be offended. -(And that if you are, you'll just quit using -.Fl o -rather than give us grief about it, okay?) -.Ef -.Bd -filled -offset indent -\&... let us keep in mind the basic governing philosophy -of The Brotherhood, as handsomely summarized in these words: -we believe in healthy, hearty laughter \(em at the expense of -the whole human race, if needs be. -Needs be. -.Ed -.Bd -filled -offset indent-two -compact -\(em H. Allen Smith, "Rude Jokes" -.Ed -.It Fl s -Short apothegms only. -.It Fl w -Wait before termination for an amount of time calculated from the -number of characters in the message. -This is useful if it is executed as part of the logout procedure -to guarantee that the message can be read before the screen is cleared. -.El -.Pp -The user may specify alternative sayings. -You can specify a specific file, a directory which contains one or -more files, or the special word -.Cm all , -which says to use all the standard databases. -Any of these may be preceded by a percentage, which is a number -.Ar N -between 0 and 100 inclusive, followed by a -.Ql % -character. -If it is, there will be an -.Ar N -percent probability that an adage will be picked from that file -or directory. -If the percentages do not sum to 100, and there are specifications -without percentages, the remaining percent will apply to those files -and/or directories, in which case the probability of selecting from -one of them will be based on their relative sizes. -.Pp -As an example, given two databases -.Ar funny -and -.Ar not-funny , -with -.Ar funny -twice as big, saying -.Pp -.Dl $ fortune funny not-funny -.Pp -will get you fortunes out of -.Ar funny -two-thirds of the time. -The command -.Pp -.Dl $ fortune 90% funny 10% not-funny -.Pp -will pick out 90% of its fortunes from -.Ar funny -(the -.Ql 10% -is unnecessary, since 10% is all that's left). -The -.Fl e -option says to consider all files equal; thus -.Pp -.Dl $ fortune -e -.Pp -is equivalent to -.Pp -.Dl $ fortune 50% funny 50% not-funny -.Pp -Datafiles for -.Nm -are created by the -.Xr strfile 8 -utility. -.Sh FILES -.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /usr/share/games/fortune/XXXX" -compact -.It Pa /usr/share/games/fortune/* -Fortune files. -.El -.Sh SEE ALSO -.Xr regex 3 , -.Xr random 6 , -.Xr rot13 6 , -.Xr strfile 8 |