fortune Command Examples
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}}