Re: dead cow don't work
From Frederic William Scott Iv <sco...@magritte.its.rpi.edu>
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· 4 Feb 1995 07:11 · View full thread
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Robert C Rich (rri...@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu) wrote: : howdy, : i tried to use the exploding cow in my .plan, but when i finger it, it : just scrolls up all the control characters and everything, but when i : cat my .plan, it works fine... : any suggestions? : bob <---- like my .sig? it could probably use a little work ;) Well, it's a textfile that only the cat command understands. If you want it to work whne you finger the account, you have to do this finger rri...@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu | cat This will hopefully show the file properly. However, it's kind of hard to get everyone to remember to do this. I just put the file in my public directory, along with the file named CAT_THESE_FILES_TO_SEE_THE_ANIMATION Self explanitory. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Notice: The above statements are not the opinions of Frederic William Scott IV Green Death, or anyone else, so don't even try to flame or sue me, because I will deny that I ever said anything. In fact, I didn't say this either. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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