We've put together a few fun Linux utilities, try them out for yourself.
Read on and you’ll get greeted by a cow in your console, you’ll become Neo and dive into the matrix, and your console will light up in flames.
cmatrix
The matrix, straight out of the eponymous movie, will appear in your terminal. To install it on Ubuntu, run: sudo apt-get install cmatrix
Then, type cmatrix in the terminal.
apt-get easter egg
A cow will appear and ask you, “have you mooed today?” Just run apt-get moo
aafire
A fire will light up your console. To install it on Ubuntu, run: sudo apt install libaa-bin
Then, type aafire in the terminal.
sl
Want to see a train drive through your console? To install it on Ubuntu, run sudo apt install sl, and then type sl in the terminal.
fortune
Fortune is a random joke and quote generator. It displays random messages, which can be funny or wise, depending on your luck. To install it on Ubuntu, run: sudo apt install fortune Then, type fortune in the terminal.
figlet
Creates stylized ASCII art text banners. To install it on Ubuntu, run: sudo apt install figlet
Then, type fortune and then the text you want in the terminal.
nyancat
Plays an animated version of the Nyan Cat meme in the terminal.
To install it on Ubuntu, run: sudo apt install nyancat
pipes.sh
The pipes.sh command is a terminal-based emulator of the game "Pipe Mania." It draws random lines that create interesting, random patterns.
To install it on Ubuntu, run: sudo apt install pipes-sh
Then, type pipes-sh in the terminal.
What other amusing Linux utilities do you know of?
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Top comments (15)
The “yes” command helps you to loop an automated response until you terminate the command. This command will print the exact same thing indefinitely. If you want to produce huge amounts of junk text fast, then this command will work like a charm.
Just try something like:
# yes "Hello World!"And there is also a command
pi- it will show the first 50 digits of the number π after the decimal point =)similar for ls -> sl is git -> gti
The cow from the apt command is reproducible with the
cowsaycommand.Figlet has alternatives - I use
toiletthese days, butbanneris simpler and probably already installed on older systems.lolcattakes anything you pipe through it - toilet for example - and makes it use pretty colours.You mention figlet, but not toilet. How can you do
toilet --gay Happy Pride?Lots of teams not included here - everyone has their favorites =)
If you still use sudo, try adding the line
Defaults insults
near the top of /etc/sudoers (using visudo).
It's quite versatile. ;)
(It won't break anything except perhaps a bad mood.)
useless therefore essential
:D
Where is bb and libcaca?! devopspass-ai.com/post/friday-devo...
Very interesting... 💯👏
that's cool
glad you like it
haha... cmatrix is something though!
Re fortune: some codevelopers-and-I maintain an enhanced version of fortune-mod here: github.com/shlomif/fortune-mod . There is also a version where the source code was converted to rust-lang, and some content was filtered: github.com/cafkafk/fortune-kind . The debian and ubuntu versions are thus old-and-outofdate
If you like cmaprix try Hollywood hacking terminal