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+This fortune brought to you by:
+$FreeBSD$
+%
+Any user that is a member of the wheel group can use "su -" to simulate
+a root login. You can add a user to the wheel group by editing /etc/group.
+		-- Konstantinos Konstantinidis <kkonstan@duth.gr>
+%
+By pressing "Scroll Lock" you can use the arrow keys to scroll backward
+through the console output.  Press "Scroll Lock" again to turn it off.
+%
+Can't remember if you've installed a certain port or not? Try "pkg info
+-x port_name".
+%
+Ever wonder what those numbers after command names were, as in cat(1)?  It's
+the section of the manual the man page is in.  "man man" will tell you more.
+		-- David Scheidt <dscheidt@tumbolia.com>
+%
+Forget how to spell a word or a variation of a word? Use
+
+	look portion_of_word_you_know
+		-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
+%
+Forget what directory you are in? Type "pwd".
+		-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
+%
+Forget when Easter is? Try "ncal -e". If you need the date for Orthodox
+Easter, use "ncal -o" instead.
+		-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
+%
+FreeBSD is started up by the program 'init'.  The first thing init does when
+starting multiuser mode (ie, starting the computer up for normal use) is to
+run the shell script /etc/rc.  By reading /etc/rc and the /etc/rc.d/ scripts,
+you can learn a lot about how the system is put together, which again will
+make you more confident about what happens when you do something with it.
+%
+Handy bash(1) prompt:  PS1="\u@\h \w \!$ "
+		-- David Scheidt <dscheidt@tumbolia.com>
+%
+Having trouble using fetch through a firewall? Try setting the environment
+variable FTP_PASSIVE_MODE to yes, and see fetch(3) for more details.
+%
+If other operating systems have damaged your Master Boot Record, you can
+reinstall it with boot0cfg(8). See
+"man boot0cfg" for details.
+%
+If you accidentally end up inside vi, you can quit it by pressing Escape, colon
+(:), q (q), bang (!) and pressing return.
+%
+If you are in the C shell and have just installed a new program, you won't
+be able to run it unless you first type "rehash".
+		-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
+%
+If you do not want to get beeps in X11 (X Windows), you can turn them off with
+
+	xset b off
+%
+If you have a CD-ROM drive in your machine, you can make the CD-ROM that is
+presently inserted available by typing 'mount /cdrom' as root.  The CD-ROM
+will be available under /cdrom/.  Remember to do 'umount /cdrom' before
+removing the CD-ROM (it will usually not be possible to remove the CD-ROM
+without doing this.)
+
+Note: This tip may not work in all configurations.
+%
+If you need a reminder to leave your terminal, type "leave +hhmm" where
+"hhmm" represents in how many hours and minutes you need to leave.
+		-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
+%
+If you need to ask a question on the FreeBSD-questions mailing list then
+
+	http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/\
+		freebsd-questions/index.html
+
+contains lots of useful advice to help you get the best results.
+%
+If you write part of a filename in tcsh,
+pressing TAB will show you the available choices when there
+is more than one, or complete the filename if there's only one match.
+%
+If you `set watch = (0 any any)' in tcsh, you will be notified when
+someone logs in or out of your system.
+%
+If you use the C shell, add the following line to the .cshrc file in your
+home directory to prevent core files from being written to disk:
+
+	limit coredumpsize 0
+		-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
+%
+If you want df(1) and other commands to display disk sizes in
+kilobytes instead of 512-byte blocks, set BLOCKSIZE in your
+environment to 'K'.  You can also use 'M' for Megabytes or 'G' for
+Gigabytes.  If you want df(1) to automatically select the best size
+then use 'df -h'.
+%
+If you want to play CDs with FreeBSD, a utility for this is already included.
+Type 'cdcontrol' then 'help' to learn more.  (You may need to set the CDROM
+environment variable in order to make cdcontrol want to start.)
+%
+If you'd like to keep track of applications in the FreeBSD ports tree, take a
+look at FreshPorts;
+
+	http://www.freshports.org/
+%
+In order to make fetch (the FreeBSD downloading tool) ask for
+username/password when it encounters a password-protected web page, you can set
+the environment variable HTTP_AUTH to 'basic:*'.
+%
+In order to search for a string in some files, use 'grep' like this:
+
+	 grep "string" filename1 [filename2 filename3 ...]
+
+This will print out the lines in the files that contain the string.  grep can
+also do a lot more advanced searches - type 'man grep' for details.
+%
+In order to support national characters for European languages in tools like
+less without creating other nationalisation aspects, set the environment
+variable LC_ALL to 'en_US.ISO8859-1'.
+%
+"man firewall" will give advice for building a FreeBSD firewall
+		-- David Scheidt <dscheidt@tumbolia.com>
+%
+"man hier" will explain the way FreeBSD filesystems are normally laid out.
+		-- David Scheidt <dscheidt@tumbolia.com>
+%
+Man pages are divided into section depending on topic.  There are 9 different
+sections numbered from 1 (General Commands) to 9 (Kernel Developer's Manual).
+You can get an introduction to each topic by typing
+
+	man <number> intro
+
+In other words, to get the intro to general commands, type
+
+	man 1 intro
+%
+"man ports" gives many useful hints about installing FreeBSD ports.
+%
+"man security" gives very good advice on how to tune the security of your
+FreeBSD system.
+%
+"man tuning" gives some tips how to tune performance of your FreeBSD system.
+		-- David Scheidt <dscheidt@tumbolia.com>
+%
+Need to do a search in a manpage or in a file you've sent to a pager? Use
+"/search_word". To repeat the same search, type "n" for next.
+		-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
+%
+Need to find the location of a program? Use "locate program_name".
+		-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
+%
+Need to leave your terminal for a few minutes and don't want to logout?
+Use "lock -p". When you return, use your password as the key to unlock the
+terminal.
+		-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
+%
+Need to print a manpage? Use
+
+	man name_of_manpage | col -bx | lpr
+		-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
+%
+Need to quickly empty a file? Use ": > filename".
+		-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
+%
+Need to quickly return to your home directory? Type "cd".
+		-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
+%
+Need to remove all those ^M characters from a DOS file? Try
+
+	tr -d \\r < dosfile > newfile
+		-- Originally by Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
+%
+Need to see the calendar for this month? Simply type "cal".  To see the
+whole year, type "cal -y".
+		-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
+%
+Need to see which daemons are listening for connection requests? Use
+"sockstat -4l" for IPv4, and "sockstat -l" for IPv4 and IPv6.
+		-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
+%
+Need to see your routing table? Type "netstat -rn". The entry with the G
+flag is your gateway.
+		-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
+%
+Nice bash prompt: PS1='(\[$(tput md)\]\t <\w>\[$(tput me)\]) $(echo $?) \$ '
+		-- Mathieu <mathieu@hal.interactionvirtuelle.com>
+%
+Over quota?  "du -s * | sort -n " will give you a sorted list of your
+directory sizes.
+		-- David Scheidt <dscheidt@tumbolia.com>
+%
+nc(1) (or netcat) is useful not only for redirecting input/output to
+TCP or UDP connections, but also for proxying them with inetd(8).
+%
+sh (the default Bourne shell in FreeBSD) supports command-line editing.  Just
+``set -o emacs'' or ``set -o vi'' to enable it.
+%
+Simple tcsh prompt: set prompt = '%# '
+%
+The default editor in FreeBSD is vi, which is efficient to use when you have
+learned it, but somewhat user-unfriendly.  To use ee (an easier but less
+powerful editor) instead, set the environment variable EDITOR to /usr/bin/ee
+%
+Time to change your password? Type "passwd" and follow the prompts.
+		-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
+%
+To change an environment variable in /bin/sh use:
+
+	$ VARIABLE="value"
+	$ export VARIABLE
+%
+To change an environment variable in tcsh you use: setenv NAME "value"
+where NAME is the name of the variable and "value" its new value.
+%
+To clear the screen, use "clear". To re-display your screen buffer, press
+the scroll lock key and use your page up button. When you're finished,
+press the scroll lock key again to get your prompt back.
+		-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
+%
+To determine whether a file is a text file, executable, or some other type
+of file, use
+
+	file filename
+		-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
+%
+To do a fast search for a file, try
+
+	 locate filename
+
+locate uses a database that is updated every Saturday (assuming your computer
+is running FreeBSD at the time) to quickly find files based on name only.
+%
+To erase a line you've written at the command prompt, use "Ctrl-U".
+		-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
+%
+To find the hostname associated with an IP address, use
+
+	drill -x IP_address
+		-- Allan Jude <allanjude@FreeBSD.org>
+%
+To obtain a neat PostScript rendering of a manual page, use ``-t'' switch
+of the man(1) utility: ``man -t <topic>''.  For example:
+
+	man -t grep > grep.ps	# Save the PostScript version to a file
+or
+	man -t printf | lp	# Send the PostScript directly to printer
+%
+To quickly create an empty file, use "touch filename".
+		-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
+%
+To read a compressed file without having to first uncompress it, use
+"zcat" or "zless" to view it.
+		-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
+%
+To repeat the last command in the C shell, type "!!".
+		-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
+%
+To save disk space in your home directory, compress files you rarely
+use with "gzip filename".
+		-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
+%
+To search for files that match a particular name, use find(1); for example
+
+	find / -name "*GENERIC*" -ls
+
+will search '/', and all subdirectories, for files with 'GENERIC' in the name.
+      	--  Stephen Hilton <nospam@hiltonbsd.com>
+%
+To see all of the directories on your FreeBSD system, type
+
+	find / -type d | less
+
+All the files?
+
+	find / -type f | less
+%
+To see how long it takes a command to run, type the word "time" before the
+command name.
+		-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
+%
+To see how much disk space is left on your partitions, use
+
+	df -h
+		-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
+%
+To see the 10 largest files on a directory or partition, use
+
+	du /partition_or_directory_name | sort -rn | head
+		-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
+%
+To see the IP addresses currently set on your active interfaces, type
+"ifconfig -u".
+		-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
+%
+To see the last 10 lines of a long file, use "tail filename". To see the
+first 10 lines, use "head filename".
+		-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
+%
+To see the last time that you logged in, use lastlogin(8).
+		-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
+%
+To see the MAC addresses of the NICs on your system, type
+
+	ifconfig -a
+		-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
+%
+To see the output from when your computer started, run dmesg(8).  If it has
+been replaced with other messages, look at /var/run/dmesg.boot.
+		-- Francisco Reyes <lists@natserv.com>
+%
+Want colour in your directory listings?  Use "ls -G".  "ls -F" is also useful,
+and they can be combined as "ls -FG".
+%
+Want to find a specific port, just type the following under /usr/ports
+or one its subdirectories:
+
+	make search name=<port-name>
+    or
+	make search key=<keyword>
+%
+Want to know how many words, lines, or bytes are contained in a file? Type
+"wc filename".
+		-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
+%
+Want to see how much virtual memory you're using? Just type "swapinfo" to
+be shown information about the usage of your swap partitions.
+%
+Want to strip UTF-8 BOM(Byte Order Mark) from given files?
+
+	sed -e '1s/^\xef\xbb\xbf//' < bomfile > newfile
+%
+Want to use sed(1) to edit a file in place?  Well, to replace every 'e' with
+an 'o', in a file named 'foo', you can do:
+
+	sed -i.bak s/e/o/g foo
+
+And you'll get a backup of the original in a file named 'foo.bak', but if you
+want no backup:
+
+	sed -i '' s/e/o/g foo
+%
+When you've made modifications to a file in vi(1) and then find that
+you can't write it, type ``<ESC>!rm -f %'' then ``:w!'' to force the
+write
+
+This won't work if you don't have write permissions to the directory
+and probably won't be suitable if you're editing through a symbolic link.
+%
+You can adjust the volume of various parts of the sound system in your
+computer by typing 'mixer <type> <volume>'.  To get a list of what you can
+adjust, just type 'mixer'.
+%
+You can automatically download and install binary packages by doing
+
+	pkg install <package>
+
+This will also automatically install the packages that are dependencies
+for the package you install (ie, the packages it needs in order to work.)
+%
+You can change the video mode on all consoles by adding something like
+the following to /etc/rc.conf:
+
+	allscreens="80x30"
+
+You can use "vidcontrol -i mode | grep T" for a list of supported text
+modes.
+		-- Konstantinos Konstantinidis <kkonstan@duth.gr>
+%
+You can disable tcsh's terminal beep if you `set nobeep'.
+%
+You can install extra packages for FreeBSD by using the ports system.
+If you have installed it, you can download, compile, and install software by
+just typing
+
+	# cd /usr/ports/<category>/<portname>
+	# make install && make clean
+
+as root.  The ports infrastructure will download the software, change it so
+it works on FreeBSD, compile it, install it, register the installation so it
+will be possible to automatically uninstall it, and clean out the temporary
+working space it used.  You can remove an installed port you decide you do not
+want after all by typing
+
+	# cd /usr/ports/<category>/<portname>
+	# make deinstall
+
+as root.
+%
+You can look through a file in a nice text-based interface by typing
+
+	less filename
+%
+You can make a log of your terminal session with script(1).
+%
+You can often get answers to your questions about FreeBSD by searching in the
+FreeBSD mailing list archives at
+
+	http://www.FreeBSD.org/search/search.html
+%
+You can open up a new split-screen window in (n)vi with :N or :E and then
+use ^w to switch between the two.
+%
+You can permanently set environment variables for your shell by putting them
+in a startup file for the shell.  The name of the startup file varies
+depending on the shell - csh and tcsh uses .login, bash, sh, ksh and zsh use
+.profile.  When using bash, sh, ksh or zsh, don't forget to export the
+variable.
+%
+You can press Ctrl-D to quickly exit from a shell, or logout from a
+login shell.
+		-- Konstantinos Konstantinidis <kkonstan@duth.gr>
+%
+You can press Ctrl-L while in the shell to clear the screen.
+%
+You can press up-arrow or down-arrow to walk through a list of
+previous commands in tcsh.
+%
+You can search for documentation on a keyword by typing
+
+	apropos keyword
+%
+You can `set autologout = 30' to have tcsh log you off automatically
+if you leave the shell idle for more than 30 minutes.
+%
+You can use aliases to decrease the amount of typing you need to do to get
+commands you commonly use.  Examples of fairly popular aliases include (in
+Bourne shell style, as in /bin/sh, bash, ksh, and zsh):
+
+	alias lf="ls -FA"
+	alias ll="ls -lA"
+	alias su="su -m"
+
+In csh or tcsh, these would be
+
+	alias lf ls -FA
+	alias ll ls -lA
+	alias su su -m
+
+To remove an alias, you can usually use 'unalias aliasname'.  To list all
+aliases, you can usually type just 'alias'.
+%
+You can use /etc/make.conf to control the options used to compile software
+on this system.  Example entries are in
+/usr/share/examples/etc/make.conf.
+%
+You can use "pkg info" to see a list of packages you have installed.
+%
+You can use the 'fetch' command to retrieve files over ftp, http or https.
+
+	 fetch http://www.FreeBSD.org/index.html
+
+will download the front page of the FreeBSD web site.
+%
+You can use "whereis" to search standard binary, manual page and source
+directories for the specified programs. This can be particularly handy
+when you are trying to find where in the ports tree an application is.
+
+Try "whereis firefox" and "whereis whereis".
+		-- Konstantinos Konstantinidis <kkonstan@duth.gr>
+%
+Want to run the same command again?
+In tcsh you can type "!!"
+%
+Want to go the directory you were just in?
+Type "cd -"
+%