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From: Martin Karlsson <mk-freebsd@bredband.net>
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Hi,

* Joshua Lokken <joshua@joshualokken.com> [2003-04-17 15.18 -0700]:
> How would a guy [guy is meant here as a generic term meaning 
> 'person' or 'body'] go about creating, ie 'simpsons.db' from a 
> homespun file of
> simpsons fortunes?  Thanks,

strfile(8) would do that.

Put delimiting characters in your simpsons-file (the existing 
fortune-files use a percent-sign), place it in 
/usr/share/games/fortune and issue:

# strfile simpsons

HTH,
-- 
Martin Karlsson