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.\" Randstr: grab a random text string from a specified text file
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.\" Amy A. Lewis, October, 1995
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.TH RANDSTR 1 "October 1995" "Linux hackery"
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randstr \- fetch a random text string from a specified file
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.BI "randstr " filename
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is a stripped-down, minimalist version of the popular
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It reads files with the same structure as the fortunes databases, and
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displays a random string.
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might be used, with a database of signatures created with a text editor
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.BR strfile "(8) and " unstr (8)
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utilities, to randomly change the
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file. To do so, create the necessary database as, for example,
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.IR signatures " and " signatures.dat
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in the home directory, and add the following line to
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.IR .profile " or " .login :
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.BI "randstr " signatures
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As superuser, a similar sort of thing could be placed in the
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.BR Pnews "(1) or " Rnmail (1)
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scripts, although it should certainly test to be certain that the files
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exist, and creating the files of signatures might require a good deal of
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help for a lot of users.
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Also as superuser, one might use
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type database, and use this database to run a monthly lottery.
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.BR fortune "(6), " strfile (1)
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