From 0619cd49e9be1babfac13db427d0b833e229ae84 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Rev. Fr. Robert Bower" <39407737+frrobert2@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2019 15:15:48 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] added readme file --- readme | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+) create mode 100644 readme diff --git a/readme b/readme new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e47fc19 --- /dev/null +++ b/readme @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +Once you save churchfathers file to your computputer run the following command from the terminal in the directory your file is located + +strfile churchfathers + +This will create churchfathers.dat + +If you type fortune /pathtoyourfile/churchfathers + +A "fortune" in this case a saying from the Church Fathers will be generated at the command line. You can pipe this into other programs such as cowsay or xcowsa +y. I added to my .zshrc file so every time I start a new terminal I get a saying of a church father. I also created an alias for clear so every time I clear +my terminal I get a saying from a church father. You can create a simple script that pipes fortune into xcowsay or notify-file to get a popup in your xwindow + session based on either an action or based on a time frame. There is a php version of fortune that allows you to add random sayings to your website. + + If you want to add more quotes just edit the churchfathers file. Between each quote there should be a single line with a single % + Once you are done editing rerun strfile churchfathers to add the additional quotes to the dat file. + -- 1.8.3.1