fortune

Print a random quotation (fortune-cookie style). More information: https://manned.org/fortune.

Print a quotation:

fortune
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fortune -o
Print a long quotation:

fortune -l
Print a short quotation:

fortune -s
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fortune -f
Print a quotation from one of the database files listed by fortune -f:

fortune {{filename}}