Interesting plugin in linux
If you are a programer, then you must know the Linux system. Even it's your main working environment. So can we have some interesting?
Next, I will introduce a few software that is interesting under Linux. Different Linux distributions may have different installation methods, the following installations use Arch as an example.
FIGLET
FIGLET --display large characters made up of ordinary screen characters.
Install
1 | sudo pacman -S figlet |
Display
1 | figlet hello world |
TOILET
TOIlet --display large colourful characters.
TOIlet prints text using large characters made of smaller characters. It is similar in many ways to FIGlet with additional features such as Unicode handling, colour fonts, filters and various export formats.
Install
1 | sudo pacman -S toilet |
Display
1 | toilet -f mono12 "Takio" |
NEOFETCH
Neofetch --A fast, highly customizable system info script
Neofetch is a CLI system information tool written in BASH. Neofetch displays information about your system next to an image, your OS logo, or any ASCII file of your choice.
NOTE: Every launch flag has a config option.
Install
1 | sudo pacman -S neofetch |
Display
1 | neofetch |
SL
sl - cure your bad habit of mistyping
sl is a highly advanced animation program for curing your bad habit of mistyping.
Install
1 | sudo pacman -S sl |
Display
1 | sl |
ASCIIQUARIUM
asciiquarium --Show a beautiful dynamic aquarium in terminal.
Install
1 | sudo pacman -S asciiquarium |
Display
1 | asciiquarium |
COWSAY
cowsay/cowthink --configurable speaking/thinking cow (and a bit more)
Cowsay generates an ASCII picture of a cow saying something provided by the user. If run with no arguments, it accepts standard input, word-wraps the message given at about 40 columns, and prints the cow saying the given message on standard output.
Install
1 | sudo pacman -S cowsay |
Display
1 | cowsay "hello world" |
CMATRIXS
CMatrix --Shows a scrolling 'Matrix' like screen in Linux
Install
1 | sudo pacman -S cmatrixs |
Display
1 | cmatrixs |
LOLCAT
lolcat --rainbow coloring effect for text console display
This manual page documents briefly the lolcat command.
lolcat is a program that concatenates files, or standard input, to standard output (like the generic cat), and adds rainbow coloring to it.
Install
1 | sudo pacman -S lolcat |
Display
1 | neofetch | lolcat |
ONEKO
oneko --The program oneko creates a cute cat chasing around your mouse cursor.
oneko changes your mouse cursor into mouse and creates a little cute cat and the cat start chasing around your mouse cursor. If the cat catchup the mouse, start sleeping.
Install
1 | sudo pacman -S oneko |
Display
1 | oneko -speed 15 |
FORTUNE
fortune --print a random, hopefully interesting, adage
Install
1 | sudo pacman -S fortune |
Display
1 | fortune |
REV
rev --reverse lines characterwise
Install
1 | sudo pacman -S rev-plugins |
Display
1 | rev |
To be continued ...