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colourful random quote on shell login :)
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motd.sh
QUOTE="$(curl -s https://api.quotable.io/random)"
CONTENT="$(echo $QUOTE | jq -r ".content")"
AUTHOR="$(echo $QUOTE | jq -r ".author")"
MOTD="$CONTENT\n- $AUTHOR"
echo "$MOTD" | lolcat
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bizarre commented Aug 8, 2021 •
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Screen Shot 2021-08-08 at 4 04 17 AM

Installing

prereqs: lolcat & jq:
for macOS:

brew install lolcat
brew install jq

for zsh:

echo "$(curl -s https://gist.githubusercontent.com/bizarre/40b3ae587afbbc5d96aed90618565851/raw/9dd0d34c2ad2c1327f0b6d7bfc65017f3a4a3ff9/motd.sh)" >> ~/.zprofile

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