NAME

Text::Fortune - print a random adage, fortune(6), strfile(1)

SYNOPSIS

use Text::Fortune;

# Random fortune from 'fortunefile' & 'fortunefile.dat' -- fortune(6)
my $fortune = Text::Fortune::File.new( path => $fortunefile );
say $fortune.random;

# Generate 'fortunefile.dat' from 'fortunefile' -- strfile(1)
my $datfile = $fortunefile ~ '.dat';
$datafile.IO.open(:w).write(
  Text::Fortune::Index.new.load-fortune( $fortunefile.IO.path )
);

DESCRIPTION

Text::Fortune is a minimal implementation for implementing the fortune(6) and strfile(1) progams, with functions for generating a 'fortunes.dat' file from a 'fortunes' file (strfile(1)) and for retrieving a random fortune (fortune(6)).

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright 2015 zengargoyle zengargoyle@gmail.com

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the Artistic License 2.0.