On Saturday 12 March 2005 09:09 pm, Kevin B. O'Brien wrote: > I am wondering if there is a signature randomizer for Linux similar to > KookieJar for Windows. > > Thank you,
Yes, its called fortune and I believe its installed as part of a normal install. You can call it from a script such as this: #!/bin/bash echo "Chris" echo "Registered Linux User 283774 http://counter.li.org"; STR=$(uptime) TIME=${STR% user} RESULT=${TIME%} echo $RESULT echo "Mandrake Linux 10.1 Official, kernel $(uname -r)" echo "~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~" /usr/games/fortune echo "~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~" if [ -p /tmp/xmms-info ] ; then echo "Live - Classic Rock - From Virgin Radio UK $( grep Title: /tmp/xmms-info | awk -F': ' '{print $2}' )" fi If using Kmail you can under "Settings > configure Kmail > identies > signature" then select "Obtain signature text from Output of Command. For instance mine is /home/chris/./sig. You can learn more about fortune from "man fortune" HTH -- Chris Registered Linux User 283774 http://counter.li.org 21:21:31 up 16 days, 23:58, 1 user, load average: 0.25, 0.32, 0.27 Mandrake Linux 10.1 Official, kernel 2.6.8.1-12mdk ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pushing 40 is exercise enough. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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