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bash-insulter

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Insults the user when typing wrong command

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# bash-insulter
Randomly insults the user when typing wrong command.

Change insults as needed :)

```bash
noob@bender:~ $ sl

Y u no speak computer???

-bash: sl: command not found
noob@bender:~ $ gti status

This is why nobody likes you.

-bash: gti: command not found
noob@bender:~ $ sp aux

Go outside.

-bash: sp: command not found
```

# Compatibility
* Bash v4 and newer
* Zsh

# Installation

# Method 1 - know what you are doing
    git clone https://github.com/hkbakke/bash-insulter.git bash-insulter
    sudo cp bash-insulter/src/bash.command-not-found /etc/

# Method 2 - I don't care, insult me!
    sudo wget -O /etc/bash.command-not-found https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hkbakke/bash-insulter/master/src/bash.command-not-found

Then source the file automatically for new logins by adding the following to `/etc/bash.bashrc` or any of the other locations where you can configure your shell automatically during login:
```
if [ -f /etc/bash.command-not-found ]; then
    . /etc/bash.command-not-found
fi
```
Login again and type some invalid commands for the effects to be visible.

Note: You will have to add the script to `.zshrc` if you are using `zsh`

# Configuration
bash-insulter can be customized, or even be made polite and nice, by populating `CMD_NOT_FOUND_MSGS` or `CMD_NOT_FOUND_MSGS_APPEND` environment variables. The values should be arrays. `CMD_NOT_FOUND_MSGS` replaces the default messages, while `CMD_NOT_FOUND_MSGS_APPEND` appends more messages to the existing ones.

It is probably cleanest to source a file populating the environment variable as needed. In this example I create a file `/etc/bash.command-not-found-messages` with the following content:

CMD_NOT_FOUND_MSGS=(
        "You are so smart!"
        "You look pretty today!"
        "I don't know what to say"
    )
    
Then source this file before you source the script:
```
if [ -f /etc/bash.command-not-found-messages ]; then
    . /etc/bash.command-not-found-messages
fi

if [ -f /etc/bash.command-not-found ]; then
    . /etc/bash.command-not-found
fi
```

Then logout and in again. The end result is that you will now use your messages instead of the default ones.

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