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spruch: print a random German adage regeln

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).

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