NAME

       spruch - print a random German adage
       regeln - print a random German peasant's maxim

SYNOPSIS

       spruch [-x] [-aefilosw] [-n length] [ -m pattern] [[n%] file/dir/all]
       regeln [-iw] [ -m pattern]

DESCRIPTION

       The scripts call fortune (6) with

       spruch
                a German adage database

       regeln
                database of funny German peasant's maxims,

       if your locale settings point to 'de' or 'de_DE' . Otherwise fortune (6) is called with the default
       database. By using -x option you can enforce German cookies independent from the locale settings.

SEE ALSO

       fortune.en(6), locale(1).

AUTHOR

       spruch was written by Andreas Tille <tille@debian.org>.

       This manual page was created by Roland Rosenfeld <roland@debian.org> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but
       may be used by others).

Debian Project                                      July 2000                                          SPRUCH(6)