.Dd March 10, 2005
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.Dt MOTDGEN 1 LOCAL
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.Sh NAME
.Nm motdgen
.Nd generate a motd
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm motdgen
.Ar fqdn
.Ar description
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
is a
.Xr python 1
script that generates a custom-formatted motd. It requires
.Xr figlet 6
<http://www.figlet.org/>. Options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -offset indent
.It Ar fqdn
This is the fully-qualified domain name of the host for which the motd is being
generated.
.It Ar description
All remaining tokens on the command line are taken together as the host's
description.
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.Pp
Figlet is invoked using a width of 78 characters, smushed kerning, and the
chad3d font, which is included with the distribution.
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.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
This program was written with Python 2.3.4 and Figlet v2.2.1.
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.Sh EXAMPLES
This input:
.Bd -ragged -offset indent
% motdgen foo.example.com I serve something-or-other.
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.Pp
Will produce this output:
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w  e  l  c  o  m  e     t  o  .  .  .
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   ___
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 /\&'___\e
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/\\ \\__/  ___     ___
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\\ \\ ,__\\/ __`\\  / __`\e
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 \\ \\ \\_/\\ \\_\\ \\/\\ \\_\\ \e
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  \\ \\_\\\\ \\____/\\ \\____/
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   \\/_/ \\/___/  \\/___/
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                             f  o  o  .  e  x  a  m  p  l  e  .  c  o  m
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I serve something-or-other.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr figlet 6
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.Sh AUTHORS
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.It
(c) 2005 Chad Whitacre <http://www.zetaweb.com/>
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This program is beerware. If you like it, buy me a beer someday.
.It
No warranty is expressed or implied.
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