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Re: wtf,ddate,fortune,ascii
- From: Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes <sthoenna at efn dot org>
- To: Talk Amongst Yourselves <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 10:28:17 -0700
- Subject: Re: wtf,ddate,fortune,ascii
- Organization: bs"d
- References: <kqqn51d0fbnummprdtu17tinfja940fhe6@4ax.com>
- Reply-to: Talk Amongst Yourselves <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
On Tue, Apr 12, 2005 at 04:40:27PM +0100, zzapper wrote:
> Hi,
>
> wtf,ddate,fortune,ascii
>
> 4 of the hardly ever talked about *nix commands
>
> The last is actually useful
Reminds me I need to finish packaging bsdgames, so we can have such gems as:
arithmetic: arithmetic quiz/speed test
bcd: outputs text in an antique form
factor: factor a number
morse: output morse code
number: output the English text for a number
pig: output text in Pig Latin
pom: display the phase of the moon
ppt: outputs text in another antique form
primes: generate primes
rain: attempts to create a rain drop effect (best at 9600 baud)
random: random lines from a file or random numbers
wargames: would you like to play a game?
worms: random worms scurrying across your screen