quote

A unix/linux command line utility that shows a quote from a quotes.txt file on your computer.

Instructions to use:

1. Determine where you want your quotes.txt to reside on your file system. I put mine in my Documents folder. Let's call it quotesDirectory.
2. Open quotes.txt in a text editor and replace /home/david/Documents/ with quotesDirectory.
3. Save quotes.txt and exit the text editor.
4. Move the quotes.txt file to your quotesDirectory.
5. Open your .bashrc file in a text editor.
6. Add the following lines to your .bashrc file. Replace /home/david/Documents/ in your .bashrc with your quotesDirectory.

# Quotes
alias quote='bash /home/david/Documents/quote.sh'

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