A little perl script to spice up your unix shell startup

Content of perl script
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use strict;

$/ = "\n%%%\n"; #define separator for array
open ARTS, "art.dat" or die $!;
my @file = <arts>;
my $random = rand(@file);

my $ascii_art = $file[$random];
$ascii_art=~s/\n%%%\n//; #remove the separator string
print $ascii_art, "\n";

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sample content of art.dat, you can get more from the mentioned web site or newsgroup
(sample below taken from http://www.chris.com/ASCII/)
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$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
$$$$$$$$$$$*" *$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$"  "*"   *$$$$$$" ^$$$"$$$$$$$$$$$
$$$$$$$$$" z$P"$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$P  e$"e4$b.   "$$" d$ $P $$$$$$$$$$$$
$$$$$$$" .$$$ J$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$" .$Pz$$4$$$$c  z" $$*" z$$$$$$$$$$$$$
$$$$$$  4$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$P  z$$4$$%$$$$$$$d  "   z$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
$$$$P  z$$$* er$$$* ze$$P .$  $$  $F  d$$ $$Fz$$$$$$$  $$P$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
$$$P  4$$$" $$F$$" $" $" z$% J$$$$F  d$$$ *"d$$$$$$$  $$Pd$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
$$$  .$$$  $c* "  $$b$" z$P .$$$$P  4$$$$$$$$$$$$$$  d$Pd$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
$$   $$$" 4$$%$  4$$$"  $$  $P$$$   $$$""$$$$$*"$$% 4$"$$P"*""$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
$F  4$$$  $$Fd$  $$$"  $$  dPd$$"  $$" z$ $$" d$ $  $\$$  dP 4$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
$   $$$F  *"d$F  $* r  *   "J$$$  .$% .$$.$" .$$J   d$$  $$  $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
$   $$$$  .$$$$   e$b  dL  $$$$F  J$  d$P$" d$e e  $$$  $$  $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
$   $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$   $$d$$$.F .$$"$F 4$$  d$% J$J$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
$L  "$$$$$$$$$$*"        "$$$$$   4$$$$ $  $$"d$  $$   $F  $.$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
$$c  ^*$$$*" .e$$$$$c       $$$L   "*".$$    d$$   z       .$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
$$$$e.   .e$$$$$$$$$$$z$$$$$$$$$$.  .d$$$c .$$$$c d$b .$c e$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$Gilo94'$$

%%%

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
$$$$$$$$F                  "$$$P"               .P$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
$$$$$$$$F                    ""                 4$e3$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
$$$$$$$$F                                       4$$4$CeC$$$$$$$$$$
$$$$$$$$F                                ....   4$$.$$$$^$$$$$$$$$
$$$$$$$$F                           ...d$$$*"   4Pz$$$$\d$$$$$$$$$
$$$$$$$$F                         d$$$$*"        d$$$5d$$$$$$$$$$$
$$$$$$$$F                      zd$$$$$ .ec     .$$$Pz$$$$$$$$$$$$$
$$$$$$$$F                   .e$$"  $$F $$$r    $$$"4$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
$$$$$$$$F                  4$$"    3$$ *$$$   d$$\$4$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
$$$$$$$$F                          4$$  *$$r d$$)$$4$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
$$$$$$$$F               .          4$$   3$$$$$"4$$4$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
$$$$$$$$F               $$.    .d  d$$    $$$$" 4$$4$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
$$$$$$$$F               $$4$$cd$$  $$$    3$$$  4$$4$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
$$$$$$$$F               $$4$$$$$$  $$$     """  4$$4$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
$$$$$$$$F               $$4$$$$$$  4$$          4$$4$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
$$$$$$$$F               $P4$$$$$$               4$$4$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
$$$$$$$$F               \d$$$$$$$               ')d$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$Gilo94'$$

%%%



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After these two files are created in your unix home directory. Update your .profile or any startup script of your shell with

perl [your script filename] art.dat

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