Hello Andrew,   
      
   07 May 18 18:13 at you wrote to me:   
      
    AH> That sounds really cool. What did the game do?   
      
   Check out http://outpostbbs.net/cheepware.html -- look for "The Magic Oracle".   
      
   All of my doors are DOS right now.  However, when the dust settles for me    
   personally (I am in the middle of a ninety-day probation period in a new job),    
   I'm very close to finishing up a working Linux-based Pascal doorkit.  I have    
   released doors that run under Linux in a beta form but they are not true doors    
   as they don't monitor time online nor use a FOSSIL but instead use stdio under    
   Linux.   
      
   Here's the "door" if you're wondering.  The ANSWERS.DAT file is just a simple    
   text files with a single line per answer.   
      
   The codes in the output lines are just ANSI color codes that are "bash-ified".   
      
   === Cut ===   
   #!/bin/bash   
   FILE=answers.dat   
   if [ ! -f "$FILE" ]   
   then   
     echo "ANSWERS.DAT not found!"   
     echo "Program aborting."   
     exit 1   
   fi   
      
   clear   
   echo -e "\e[92mThe Magic Oracle/BASH"   
   echo -e "\e[36mWritten by and (C)2017 Sean Dennis."   
   echo   
   echo -e "\e[96mWhat is your question for the Oracle?\e[37m"   
   read QUESTION   
   echo   
   echo -e "\e[92mYour question was:"   
   echo -e "\e[37m$QUESTION"   
   echo   
   echo -e "\e[95mAfter consulting the Oracle, his answer is...\e[33m"   
      
   # Pick and display a random line in ANSWERS.DAT.   
   sort --random-sort $FILE | head -n 1   
   echo -e "\e[39m"   
   === Cut ===   
      
   The real trick is in the second to the last line. ;)   
      
   Later,   
   Sean   
      
   ... A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's written on.   
   --- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20170303   
    * Origin: Outpost BBS * Limestone, TN, USA (1:18/200)