> Whenever I open up an xterm window or use a console with my user
> account, I have .bash_profile run the fortune program. Oddly (this is
> recent) whenever I print anything on my cheap DeskJet, a page is printed
> with just one fortune on it, and it has the stair-step problem b/c a
> line advance/carriage return was not sent. Then everything else prints
> correctly. Any clues? Graci.
You might wnat to read the bash manpage about the startup scripts, and
when they're used -- I have a feeling your fortune is printed on
non-interactive scripts, such as the one run for the print filter.
To fix, you need to wrap fortune with something like this:
if [ -t 1 ]; then
fortune
fi
This will prevent it from running unless it's on a terminal (the test asks
if fd 1 (STDOUT) is a terminal).
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