#!/bin/sh

echo <<EOF
========
Name: xxxxx
ICQ: xxxxx
...
EOF

/sw/bin/fortune

thanks for the advice! for some reason i couldn't get your script to work but i modified it slightly and i was able to get this version to work:

#!/bin/sh

echo "
************************************************************
Jon Doe
E-mail: xxx
AIM: xxx
MSN: xxx
Yahoo: xxx

Quote:"

/sw/bin/fortune

I believe the previous script needs to have 'cat' insted of 'echo', though your method works equally well :)

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