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Better grammar in Narcissistic ponies.

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@ -668,12 +668,13 @@ especially for shell scripts.
The command @command{__pony=$(ponysay -o 3>&1 1>/dev/null | grep ^pony\ file: |
sed -e s/^pony\ file:\ //g) && (ponysay -of "$__pony" | ponythink -Wn -f "$__pony")}
will give you a pony thinking of herself. The command works on GNU Bash, but may
not work on less POSIX compatible shells. It works by first getting a random pony and
use the extra information printed the file descriptor 3 (see @ref{Extra information}),
and fetchs the file name with help of @command{grep} and @command{sed}. The file
name is stored in a shell variable. It the pipes one an execute of ponysay into
another executing, using the stored file anme in both executions. This does not
work on FISH shell because os POSIX incompatibility.
not work on less POSIX compatible shells. It works by first getting a random
pony and then uses the extra information printed to the file descriptor 3 (see
@ref{Extra information}) to fetch the file name with help of @command{grep} and
@command{sed}. The file name is stored in a shell variable. It then the pipes
output from one execution of ponysay into the second, using the stored file
name in both. This does not work on FISH shell because of POSIX
incompatibility.
Ponysay can use just about anything as a message because it quarantines the message's
ANSI escape sequences, including colour. And is Unicode aware (including combining