| .TH FORTUNE 1 | |
| .SH NAME | |
| fortune \- sample lines from a file | |
| .SH SYNOPSIS | |
| .B fortune | |
| [ | |
| .I file | |
| ] | |
| .SH DESCRIPTION | |
| .I Fortune | |
| prints a one-line aphorism chosen at random. | |
| If a | |
| .I file | |
| is specified, the saying is taken from that file; | |
| otherwise it is selected from | |
| .BR \*9/lib/fortunes . | |
| .SH FILES | |
| .B \*9/lib/fortunes | |
| .br | |
| .B \*9/lib/fortunes.index | |
| \ \ fast lookup table, maintained automatically | |
| .SH SOURCE | |
| .B \*9/src/cmd/fortune.c |