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Old 06-12-2018, 06:16 PM   #1
Jeebizz
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Cool fortunes in terminals


Whenever I am in a terminal(because I use Slackware), and I haven't figured out yet how to get the fortunes to actually show when launching a terminal (whether it is lxterminal, MATE terminal, etc). Yes I did install the fortune packages.
 
Old 06-12-2018, 06:22 PM   #2
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Add the command fortune onto the end of ~/.bashrc.
 
Old 06-12-2018, 06:25 PM   #3
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Add the command fortune onto the end of ~/.bashrc.
Simple enough - I half expected it would be a little more involved because there is no .bashrc in my /home under slackware, and I couldn't for the life of me find out where that command was being placed .
 
Old 06-12-2018, 06:32 PM   #4
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Grep the files in /etc/profile.d.

EDIT: never mind; I thought this was the Slackware forum.
 
Old 06-12-2018, 06:52 PM   #5
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Grep the files in /etc/profile.d.

EDIT: never mind; I thought this was the Slackware forum.

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