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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""
+Runs the command "fortune -a" and sends the output to channel.
+"""
+import subprocess
+
+from module import commands
+
+@commands("fortune", "fort")
+def fortune(bot, trigger):
+	"""
+	print a random, hopefully interesting, adage
+	"""
+	res = subprocess.check_output(["fortune", "-a"])
+	res = res.decode("utf-8").replace("\t", "    ")
+	bot.msg(res)