#!/usr/bin/sh -e
# Fortune implementation in awk
+usage()
+{
+ echo "fortune -- a simple awk/POSIX sh implementation of fortune"
+ echo ""
+ echo "\t-h --help show this help message"
+ echo "\t--file=\$FILE specify path to cookie file"
+}
+
+FILE="$(find /usr/share/fortune/ -type f -not -name '*.dat')"
+while [ "$1" != "" ]; do
+ PARAM=`echo $1 | awk -F= '{print $1}'`
+ VALUE=`echo $1 | awk -F= '{print $2}'`
+ case $PARAM in
+ -h | --help)
+ usage
+ exit
+ ;;
+ -f | --file)
+ FILE=$VALUE
+ ;;
+ *)
+ echo "ERROR: unknown parameter \"$PARAM\""
+ usage
+ exit 1
+ ;;
+ esac
+ shift
+done
+
awk '$1 == "%" {
sub(/%/, "")
++f
"date +%N" | getline time
srand(time)
print fortunes[int(rand() * f) + 1]
-}' ${1:-"/usr/share/fortune/cookie"}
+}' $FILE