Enjoy a randomly generated fortune:
$ fortune | cowsay _________________________________________ / UNIX Shell is the Best Fourth \ | Generation Programming Language | | | | It is the UNIX shell that makes it | | possible to do applications in a small | | | | fraction of the code and time it takes | | in third generation languages. In | | | | the shell you process whole files at a | | time, instead of only a line at a | | | | time. And, a line of code in the UNIX | | shell is one or more programs, | | | | which do more than pages of | | instructions in a 3GL. Applications can | | be | | | | developed in hours and days, rather | | than months and years with traditional | | | | systems. Most of the other 4GLs | | available today look more like COBOL or | | | | RPG, the most tedious of the third | | generation languages. | | | | "UNIX Relational Database Management: | | Application Development in the UNIX | | | | Environment" by Rod Manis, Evan | | Schaffer, and Robert Jorgensen. | | Prentice | | | | Hall Software Series. Brian Kerrighan, | \ Advisor. 1988. / ----------------------------------------- \ ^__^ \ (oo)\_______ (__)\ )\/\ ||----w | || ||
$output = shell_exec("/usr/games/fortune | /usr/games/cowsay"); echo $output;