Custom motd in /etc/update-motd.d/20-fortune-cowsay only working partially
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I have tried to create a custom motd on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. I've found that there is a /etc/update-motd.d directory with a few files. I've seen the pattern of [00-99]-[name]So I've added my own file called 20-fortune-cowsay. It looks like this
#!/bin/bash
echo "TEST"
fortune | cowsay
but the motd only looks like this
...
TEST
...
And I don't see the output of fortune | cowsay. Also, echo "$(fortune | cowsay)", didn't help. What am I missing?
16.04 lts motd fortune cowsay
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I have tried to create a custom motd on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. I've found that there is a /etc/update-motd.d directory with a few files. I've seen the pattern of [00-99]-[name]So I've added my own file called 20-fortune-cowsay. It looks like this
#!/bin/bash
echo "TEST"
fortune | cowsay
but the motd only looks like this
...
TEST
...
And I don't see the output of fortune | cowsay. Also, echo "$(fortune | cowsay)", didn't help. What am I missing?
16.04 lts motd fortune cowsay
asked May 4 at 9:05
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up vote
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down vote
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I have tried to create a custom motd on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. I've found that there is a /etc/update-motd.d directory with a few files. I've seen the pattern of [00-99]-[name]So I've added my own file called 20-fortune-cowsay. It looks like this
#!/bin/bash
echo "TEST"
fortune | cowsay
but the motd only looks like this
...
TEST
...
And I don't see the output of fortune | cowsay. Also, echo "$(fortune | cowsay)", didn't help. What am I missing?
16.04 lts motd fortune cowsay
asked May 4 at 9:05
Impulse The Fox
1134
I have tried to create a custom motd on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. I've found that there is a /etc/update-motd.d directory with a few files. I've seen the pattern of [00-99]-[name]So I've added my own file called 20-fortune-cowsay. It looks like this
#!/bin/bash
echo "TEST"
fortune | cowsay
but the motd only looks like this
...
TEST
...
And I don't see the output of fortune | cowsay. Also, echo "$(fortune | cowsay)", didn't help. What am I missing?
16.04 lts motd fortune cowsay
asked May 4 at 9:05
Impulse The Fox
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asked May 4 at 9:05
Impulse The Fox
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asked May 4 at 9:05
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asked May 4 at 9:05
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Change your script to look like this:
#!/bin/bash
export PATH="/usr/games:$PATH"
fortune | cowsay
"fortune" and "cowsay" are considered games by ubuntu and those are not in the default system path.
answered May 4 at 11:13
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Change your script to look like this:
#!/bin/bash
export PATH="/usr/games:$PATH"
fortune | cowsay
"fortune" and "cowsay" are considered games by ubuntu and those are not in the default system path.
answered May 4 at 11:13
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Change your script to look like this:
#!/bin/bash
export PATH="/usr/games:$PATH"
fortune | cowsay
"fortune" and "cowsay" are considered games by ubuntu and those are not in the default system path.
answered May 4 at 11:13
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up vote
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Change your script to look like this:
#!/bin/bash
export PATH="/usr/games:$PATH"
fortune | cowsay
"fortune" and "cowsay" are considered games by ubuntu and those are not in the default system path.
answered May 4 at 11:13
Sebastian Stark
4,663938
Change your script to look like this:
#!/bin/bash
export PATH="/usr/games:$PATH"
fortune | cowsay
"fortune" and "cowsay" are considered games by ubuntu and those are not in the default system path.
answered May 4 at 11:13
Sebastian Stark
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edited May 4 at 11:55
answered May 4 at 11:13
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answered May 4 at 11:13
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