Funny Commands in Linux

1. sl (Steam Locomotive): You might be aware of the command ‘ls’ in linux. It is used to view the contents of a folder. Sometimes, you may miss-type the command ‘ls’ to ‘sl’. How about getting a little fun in the terminal instead of “Command not found”.

Install : # yum install sl

Command : sl

Output :

2. The Matrix effect : We all can agree on one thing that the falling down text effect from “The Matrix” movie is one of the best scenes involving a terminal style window. Thus, to try and get this effect on a Linux terminal we need to type the following in the terminal window:

Install : # yum install cmatrix

Command : cmatrix

Output :

3. Fire: This is a text animation of a fire, that gets rendered onto the terminal window.

Install : # yum install libaa-bin

Command : aafire

Output :

4. BB Audio Visual Effect: It combines audio with text animation.

Install : # yum install bb

Command : bb

Output :

5. Banner

Install : # yum install sysvbanner

Command : banner <string>

Example: banner heyyo!

Output :

Some other funny commands are:

cowsay -f tux Hey

figlet TASK 1.5

figlet TASK 1.5

cowsay -f eyes watching

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