from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
import os

fortune = os.popen("/usr/games/fortune | /usr/games/cowsay").read()

file_name = "/var/www/html/index.html"
soup = None

print("The emergency fortune system has set the fortune to {}".format(fortune))

with open(file_name, "r") as the_file:
    soup = BeautifulSoup(the_file, features="html.parser")
    
    fortune_holder = soup.find(id="fortune-container")

    fortune_holder.string = fortune

with open(file_name, "w") as the_file:
    the_file.write(str(soup))