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Created March 29, 2015 23:31
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Random fortune with a random format cowsay
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random_fortune.sh
#!/bin/bash
formats=$(cowsay -l)
words=$(echo $formats | wc -w)
format=$(($RANDOM%($words-5)))
str_format=$(echo $formats | cut -d" " -f $(($format+5)))
fortune ~/fortunes/facts_complete.dat | cowsay -f $str_format
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