Working hard whole day and want to relax few minutes? Well, you can relax in a Tech way…I mean, the Linux way. Here we have a collection of few Linux commands that will bring in surprise and smile on your face. Most of the commands should work fine on your Linux box and they are just meant to be funny. You might have to install few commands via yum. For those who are not aware of yum, check out this article that tells how to configure yum.
Here we go,
1. Run a funny train on your Linux terminal using the command ‘sl’
On Debian based machines:
apt-get install sl
On RedHat, Centos based machines:
yum install sl
Once installed, run the below command:
$sl
Sample Output:
2. Get a fortune message daily
This command will bring a random fortune whenever executed. You will love it!
On Debian:
apt-get install fortune
On RedHat/CentOs:
yum install fortune
And then, type ‘fortune’.
3. Interesting animations on Linux terminal
Just type the below command and see what happens! Be patient to watch series of animations.
telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl
4. Reverse texts
This command will reverse the texts.
[peter@maha ~]# rev sample elpmas techglimpse.com moc.espmilghcet
5. ASCII cow
ASCII cow will repeat whatever you say.
On Debian:
apt-get install cowsay
On RedHat/CentOs:
yum install cowsay
Sample Output:
[peter@maha:~]# cowsay Lovely Linux
____________
< Lovely Linux >
------------
\ ^__^
\ (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||6. Graphical ASCII cow
Get a graphical cow using xcowsay.
On Debian
apt-get insatll xcowsay
On RedHat/CentOS:
yum install xcowsay
[peter@maha :~]#xcowsay
7. Toilet command
Nothing ugly, but displays input text in colorful, custom fonts.
On Debian:
apt-get install toilet
On RedHat/CentOS:
yum install toilet
Now type,
toilet -f mono12 -F metal Techglimpse.com
Note: For some reason, ‘toilet’ package seems to be missing from YUM repository. You may try to compile the package from source. Here’s the link. I should thank Mike, who pointed out this via comment box.
8. Matrix style on Linux
On Debian:
apt-get install cmatrix
On RedHat/CentOS:
yum install cmatrix
Type ‘cmatrix’
Know more? Tell us as comments.
