> 2. is the any signautre like *fortune* that can output some ascii picture
> such as the following?
>
> ("`-/")_.-'"``-._
> . . `; -._ )-`'\ ,/`)
> (v_,)' _ )`-.\ `-'
> _.- _..-_/ / ((.'
> ((,.-' ((,/
Maybe you should try cowsay. Not exactly what you want, but anyway, it
also creates ASCII pictures.
David