running application config files written in Python

[Magnus L. Hetland]

David Steuber <trashcan at david-steuber.com> writes:

> Bjoern Giesler <un4e at rz.uni-karlsruhe.de> writes:
> 
> b)  I still have some wrinkles to work out with my signature.  I have
> a fixed portion of text followed by the output of the fortune
> program.  I can shorten the fixed portion easily enough.  However, I
> don't know how to make fortune grab only short quotes.  It is pot luck 
> whether it is one line or ten.

Just a helpful suggestion...

--- begin shortfortune.py ---
#!/usr/bin/env python

import os,string

quote = os.popen("fortune").readlines()
while len(quote) > 4:
    quote = os.popen("fortune").readlines()

for line in quote:
    print string.rstrip(line)

---- end shortfortune.py ----

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