bash/bash_profile.d/verse.bash


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# Run verse(1) if it's installed and we haven't seen it already today (the
# verses are selected by date); run in a subshell to keep vars out of global
# namespace
if [[ $- == *i* ]] && hash verse 2>/dev/null ; then (
    date=$(date +%Y-%m-%d)
    versefile=${VERSEFILE:-$HOME/.verse}
    if [[ -e "$HOME"/.verse ]] ; then
        read -r lastversedate < "$versefile"
    fi
    if [[ "$date" > "$lastversedate" ]] ; then
        verse
        printf '\n'
        printf '%s\n' "$date" > "$versefile"
    fi
) ; fi