A python Message of the Day script. Configure it through the parameters passed
to the get_motd function in the if __name__ == '__main__' section at the end of
the file, or, if you are so inclined, by importing this file and calling the
get_motd function yourself.
In this default configuration, it prints a message similar to this:
I surely do hope that's a syntax error.
-- Larry Wall in <199710011752.KAA21624@wall.org>
/#\
/###\
/p^###\
/##P^q##\
/##( )##\
/###P q#,^\ Linux TARDIS 4.10.9-1-ARCH
/P^ ^q\ 7 updates available
The Arch ASCII image is not hardcoded, but is rather loaded from ~/.motd_image (this can be changed). More messages can also be added and the fortune message at the top can be swapped out for something else or removed entirely.
- Python 3
- colorama
- termcolor
- sh
These are also provided in requirements.txt form.
On Arch linux, these will be provided by the following packages:
- python-colorama
- python-termcolor
- python-sh