misc | cli fun

CLI fun

configurable speaking/thinking cow and gui version

cowsay -l

cowsay "i love turtles"

cowsay -f stegosaurus "i love turtles"

cowsay -f tux "i love turtles"

cowthink -f calvin "i love turtles"

cowthink "Hmm, I didn't know that"

xcowsay "hello"

animations

sl

sl -l

bb

aafire

simulates the display from "The Matrix"

cmatrix

starwars

telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl

display banner

figlet i love turtles

figlet -k "i love turtles"

figlet -f slant Hooah!

showfigfonts

figlist

print large banner

banner i love turtles

display banner

toilet Welcome

toilet -f mono12 -F metal "i love turtles"

toilet -f bigmono9 -F gay "i love turtles"

toilet --metal -f bigmono9 -F border " Welcome "

toilet -F list

print a random adage

sudo apt-get install fortune-mod fortunes fortunes-bofh-excuses fortunes-debian-hints fortunes-mario fortunes-min fortunes-off fortunes-spam fortunes-ubuntu-server

fortune

fortune -f

fortune debian-hints

fortune | cowsay

fortune -e ubuntu-server-tips debian-hints | cowsay -f tux

fortune ubuntu-server-tips | cowsay -f tux

easter eggs:

apt-get moo

aptitude -vvvvv moo

ascii art

asciiview -driver curses pix.jpg

generate random and possibly fake identities.

rig

output a command to pastebinit

pastebinit /proc/cpuinfo

nice system info

screenfetch

rainbow cat

lolcat

Get an aquarium in terminal.

asciiquarium