Random responses with aText

If you're using Mac's software aText for text expansion you will probably like this little snippet.

You have to create it as a Shell Script and it allows you to print a random message every time you expand it.

#!/bin/sh
 
# Keep this updated when you add or take away quotes on the case list
num_greetings=4
 
# Generate a random quote number variable, 'rand'
rand=$[ ( $RANDOM % $num_greetings ) + 1 ]
case $rand in  #BEGIN CASE
        1) greeting="Hello, how may I help you?";;
        2) greeting="Hi, how can I help you?";;
        3) greeting="Hello, how can I help you?";;
        4) greeting="Hello, what can I do for you?";;
esac  # END CASE
 
# Display the random quote from case statement, and format it to line wrap at 80 characters
echo $greetingCode language: PHP (php)