sudo apt-get install "commands" //if command not found
$ cowsay "Random Text"
_____________
< Random Text >
-------------
\ ^__^
\ (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
$ cowsay -l //list all available cowsay characters
C3PO R2-D2 USA ackbar aperture-blank aperture armadillo atat atom awesome-face banana bearface beavis.zen bees bill-the-cat biohazard bishop black-mesa bong box broken-heart bud-frogs bunny cake-with-candles cake cat cat2 catfence charizardvice charlie cheese chessmen chito claw-arm clippy companion-cube cower cowfee cthulhu-mini cube daemon dalek-shooting dalek default docker-whale doge dolphin dragon-and-cow dragon ebi_furai elephant-in-snake elephant elephant2 explosion eyes fat-banana fat-cow fence fire flaming-sheep fox ghost ghostbusters glados goat goat2 golden-eagle hand happy-whale hedgehog hellokitty hippie hiya hiyoko homer hypno ibm iwashi jellyfish karl_marx kilroy king kiss kitten kitty knight koala kosh lamb lamb2 lightbulb lobster lollerskates luke-koala mailchimp maze-runner mech-and-cow meow milk minotaur mona-lisa moofasa mooghidjirah moojira moose mule mutilated nyan octopus okazu owl pawn periodic-table personality-sphere pinball-machine psychiatrichelp psychiatrichelp2 pterodactyl queen radio ren renge robot robotfindskitten roflcopter rook sachiko satanic seahorse-big seahorse sheep shikato shrug skeleton small smiling-octopus snoopy snoopyhouse snoopysleep spidercow squid squirrel stegosaurus stimpy sudowoodo supermilker surgery tableflip taxi telebears template threader threecubes toaster tortoise turkey turtle tux-big tux tweety-bird vader-koala vader weeping-angel whale wizard wood world www yasuna_01 yasuna_02 yasuna_03 yasuna_03a yasuna_04 yasuna_05 yasuna_06 yasuna_07 yasuna_08 yasuna_09 yasuna_10 yasuna_11 yasuna_12 yasuna_13 yasuna_14 yasuna_16 yasuna_17 yasuna_18 yasuna_19 yasuna_20 ymd_udon zen-noh-milk
$ cowsay -f ghostbusters Who you Gonna Call
____________________
< Who you Gonna Call >
--------------------
\
\
\ __---__
_- /--______
__--( / \ )XXXXXXXXXXX\v.
.-XXX( o o )XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX-
/XXX( U ) XXXXXXX\
/XXXXX( )--_ XXXXXXXXXXX\
/XXXXX/ ( O ) XXXXXX \XXXXX\
XXXXX/ / XXXXXX \__ \XXXXX
XXXXXX__/ XXXXXX \__---->
---___ XXX__/ XXXXXX \__ /
\- --__/ ___/\ XXXXXX / ___--/=
\-\ ___/ XXXXXX '--- XXXXXX
\-\/XXX\ XXXXXX /XXXXX
\XXXXXXXXX \ /XXXXX/
\XXXXXX > _/XXXXX/
\XXXXX--__/ __-- XXXX/
-XXXXXXXX--------------- XXXXXX-
\XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/
""VXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXV""
$ cowthink "Random Text"
( Random Text )
-------------
o ^__^
o (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
$ sl or LS //Steam Locomotive
(@@) ( ) (@) ( ) @@ () @ O @
( )
(@@@@)
( )
(@@@)
==== ________ ___________
_D _| |_______/ \__I_I_____===__|_________|
|(_)--- | H\________/ | | =|___ ___| ________________
/ | | H | | | | ||_| |_|| _|
| | | H |__--------------------| [___] | =|
| ________|___H__/__|_____/[][]~\_______| | -|
|/ | |-----------I_____I [][] [] D |=======|____|_________________
__/ =| o |=-O=====O=====O=====O \ ____Y___________|__|___________________
|/-=|___|= || || || |_____/~\___/ |_D__D__D_| |_D_
\_/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/
$ figlet Random Text //draw banners
____ _ _____ _
| _ \ __ _ _ __ __| | ___ _ __ ___ |_ _|____ _| |_
| |_) / _` | '_ \ / _` |/ _ \| '_ ` _ \ | |/ _ \ \/ / __|
| _ < (_| | | | | (_| | (_) | | | | | | | | __/> <| |_
|_| \_\__,_|_| |_|\__,_|\___/|_| |_| |_| |_|\___/_/\_\\__|
$ toilet Random Text //draw banners again
mmmmm # mmmmmmm m
# "# mmm m mm mmm# mmm mmmmm # mmm m m mm#mm
#mmmm" " # #" # #" "# #" "# # # # # #" # #m# #
# "m m"""# # # # # # # # # # # #"""" m#m #
# " "mm"# # # "#m## "#m#" # # # # "#mm" m" "m "mm
$ toilet -f mono12 -F metal Random Text //custom colored font & filter
▄▄ ██
██ ▀▀
██ ████ ██▄████▄ ██ ██ ▀██ ██▀
██ ██ ██▀ ██ ██ ██ ████
██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ▄██▄
██▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄██▄▄▄ ██ ██ ██▄▄▄███ ▄█▀▀█▄
▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀▀ ▀▀▀
$ banner Wonderful //draws banners
# #
# # # #### # # ##### ###### ##### ###### # # #
# # # # # ## # # # # # # # # # #
# # # # # # # # # # ##### # # ##### # # #
# # # # # # # # # # # ##### # # # #
# # # # # # ## # # # # # # # # #
## ## #### # # ##### ###### # # # #### ######
$ fortune -s
Don't tell any big lies today. Small ones can be just as effective.
$ fortune | cowsay
______________________________________
/ You like to form new friendships and \
\ make new acquaintances. /
--------------------------------------
\ ^__^
\ (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
$ cmatrix //The MATRIX
$ rev //Reverse text and files
hello
olleh
what ?
? tahw
this is super cool
looc repus si siht
$ apt-get moo //moo with apt-get
(__)
(oo)
/------\/
/ | ||
* /\---/\
~~ ~~
...."Have you mooed today?"...
$ aptitude moo
There are no Easter Eggs in this program.
$ aptitude -v moo
There really are no Easter Eggs in this program.
$ aptitude -vv moo
Didn't I already tell you that there are no Easter Eggs in this program?
enlightened@enlightened:~$ aptitude -vvv moo
Stop it!
$ aptitude -vvvv moo
Okay, okay, if I give you an Easter Egg, will you go away?
$ aptitude -vvvvv moo
All right, you win.
/----\
-------/ \
/ \
/ |
-----------------/ --------\
----------------------------------------------
$ aptitude -vvvvvv moo
What is it? It's an elephant being eaten by a snake, of course.
$ telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl //Watch whole movie of Star Wars
$ yes start //loop commands
start
start
start
start
... keeps going on
$ factor 60 //factorise numbers
60: 2 2 3 5
$ pi 50 //The Constant
3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751
$ xcowsay "hello" // gui version of the cowsay command
$ xeyes //gui program that draws a pair of eyes on the desktop which follow the mouse cursor.
$ asciiviewer //convert images to ascii art
$ asciiview png path -driver curses
$ aafire //burn the console
$ bb //the successor of aa
$ espeak "Hello Linux, where are the penguins" //text to speech with espeak
$ rig // command generates random and possibly fake identities.
Bettye Dunlap
799 Second St
Denver, CO 80202
(303) xxx-xxxx
$ screenfetch //display OS symbol and system informations
$ oneko //cat chasing your mouse cursor
$ while true; do echo "$(date '+%D %T' | toilet -f term -F border --gay)"; sleep 1; done //Display current date and time in a colourfulway
MiChaelinzo/Fun-Linux-Commands-
The linux terminal is not always dull and boring. There are commands to make it do some funny acts to entertain the user.
GPL-3.0