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Creating Custom Fortunes for the fortune Command

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Problem

Having trouble creating custom fortunes for the fortune command. I am running Mac OS X 10.6 and I used fink to install the fortune and fortune-mod command. Here is my process: I create a text file like so: Ran this command in the Terminal: Finally I try and run: And greets me with this error: Any i…

Error Output

ARMED MEN ARE CITIZENS, UNARMED MEN
ARE SUBJECTS!!! 
%
Armenians are
comical in full battle dress. % Armies
aren't known for neatness.  -- Solomon
Sh…

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Fix for: Creating Custom Fortunes for the fortune Command

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You run it from the text file, the .dat file is just the database. Both files need to be named the same and in the same directory. When you type it will look for quotes.dat. so: will create quotes.dat. You can then run them like so: output:

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