#!/bin/bash joke_len=`expr length "$joke"` joke_font=roman date_font=`echo "roman colossal" | sed 's/ /\n/g' | sort -R | head -1` time_font=`echo "roman poison colossal" | sed 's/ /\n/g' | sort -R | head -1` if [ $joke_len -gt 50 ]; then joke_font=thick fi #echo "$date_font $time_font $joke_font" date "+%a %b %e" | figlet -Wnctf "$date_font" date "+%l:%M %p" | figlet -Wnctf "$time_font" echo -e "\n$joke" | figlet -nctf "$joke_font"