fortune.rb

# install fortune
#
# pacman -S fortune-mod
# apt-get install fortune
#
# place in _plugins/
#
# to use:
# {% fortune [args] %}
#
# ex:
# {% fortune -s %}
#
# with fortune-mod-hitchhiker:
#
# {% fortune hitchhiker -s %}
#
module Jekyll
  class Fortune < Liquid::Tag

    def initialize(tag_name, text, tokens)
      super
      @text = text
    end


    def render(context)
      fortune = `fortune #{@text}`
      "#{fortune}"
    end
  end
end
Liquid::Template.register_tag('fortune', Jekyll::Fortune)