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Created November 3, 2012 08:31
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Bash Script to pipe the output of fortune(6) to a minecraft server running in a screen session
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fortune_minecraft.sh
#!/bin/bash
IFS=$'\r'
fortune_lines=($(fortune | sed -e 's/^/say /' | fold -w 90 ))
Screen_Session=`screen -ls|grep "\."|grep "("|awk '{print $1}'`
Screen_OneLiner=$(screen -p 0 -S ${Screen_Session} -X stuff "`printf "${fortune_lines[@]}\r"`")
for var in "${Screen_OneLiner[@]}"
do
echo "${var}"
done
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