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+# Fortune-mod (in rust)
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+This is a clone of the original `fortune` command found on many unix systems
+
+It's primarily an educational project in which i aim to completely reimplement the command.
+
+### Progress
+
+- [x] Print a fortune from a fortunes file
+- [x] Specify a cutoff for what is considered a short fortune (the `-n` flag)
+- [x] Specify whether a short or a long fortune should be printed (the `-l` flag)
+- [x] Wait n amount of seconds before the program exits (the `-w` flag)
+- [ ] Allow multiple fortune cookie files
+- [ ] Allow to filter with a pattern (the `-m` flag)
+- [ ] Ignore case for the pattern (the `-i` flag)