https://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Wed, 15 Jan 2014 16:58:14 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3105/fortune-output-in-i3status/I know it's stupid, but just to have fun... it is possible to display fortune outputs on my i3bar? :-) Inspired by man i3status i tried with this status_command i3status --config .i3/i3_barbottom | while :; do read line; fortune && echo " | $line" && sleep 5 || exit 1; done in the bar block of my config file, but anything except my usual i3status has been displayed...Thu, 26 Dec 2013 21:07:16 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3105/fortune-output-in-i3status/https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3105/fortune-output-in-i3status/?answer=3241#post-id-3241Disclaimer : I'm the dev of py3stauts, my view is biased You could do this easily using py3status if you can get over writing a few lines of python ;) More info on the github.com/ultrabug/py3status wikiWed, 15 Jan 2014 16:58:14 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3105/fortune-output-in-i3status/?answer=3241#post-id-3241https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3105/fortune-output-in-i3status/?answer=3120#post-id-3120I am guessing here, but fortune terminates its string with a newline. Getting rid of that one somehow will fix this error. Fri, 27 Dec 2013 23:51:36 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3105/fortune-output-in-i3status/?answer=3120#post-id-3120https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3105/fortune-output-in-i3status/?comment=3121#comment-3121Thanks for the reply! I tried substituting any newline with a space through tr status_command i3status --config ~/.i3/i3_barbottom | while :; do read line; fort une | tr '\n' ' ' && echo " | $line" && sleep 5 || exit 1; done but anything changed...Sat, 28 Dec 2013 01:02:28 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3105/fortune-output-in-i3status/?comment=3121#comment-3121