All work and no play makes software development a dull profession. Luckily, there are some tools to lighten up your day. Let’s dive into five of them! A delightful distraction awaits!
lolcat — bring color to your day.
On one of those dark, gloomy days where the sky is overcast, and it's cold and raining, you might use the cat
command to view some files on your server. Once more, it's all so dark and dull.
Wouldn’t it be nice if there was something to brighten your day? There is! lolcat brings some vibrant color to your terminal.
Install it with your package manager and see rainbows all day!
sudo apt-get install lolcat
wttr.in — what's the weather like?
Though wttr.in
isn’t a shell command in itself, it's tailor-made for the shell. Curious if the weather tomorrow will be just as gloomy? Just use curl
:
curl wttr.in
curl wttr.in/Your_Location
You can also access the website directly through your browser.
figlet — jazz up your output
For those looking to enhance their script outputs, figlet
is a fantastic choice. It creates ASCII headlines for your scripts.
figlet -f smslant verbosemode.dev
__ __ __
_ _____ ____/ / ___ ___ ___ __ _ ___ ___/ /__ ___/ /__ _ __
| |/ / -_) __/ _ \/ _ \(_-</ -_) ' \/ _ \/ _ / -_)/ _ / -_) |/ /
|___/\__/_/ /_.__/\___/___/\__/_/_/_/\___/\_,_/\__(_)_,_/\__/|___/
There's a variety of fonts available; you can choose different ones with the -f
parameter. To see a list of all available fonts, use:
showfigfonts "demo text"
banner :
##### ###### # # #### ##### ###### # # #####
# # # ## ## # # # # # # #
# # ##### # ## # # # # ##### ## #
# # # # # # # # # ## #
# # # # # # # # # # # #
##### ###### # # #### # ###### # # #
big :
_ _ _
| | | | | |
__| | ___ _ __ ___ ___ | |_ _____ _| |_
/ _` |/ _ \ '_ ` _ \ / _ \ | __/ _ \ \/ / __|
| (_| | __/ | | | | | (_) | | || __/> <| |_
\__,_|\___|_| |_| |_|\___/ \__\___/_/\_\\__|...
For added fun, combine it with lolcat
!
figlet -f smslant verbosemode.dev | lolcat
Install figlet
with your package manager.
sudo apt-get install figlet
whatthecommit — craft the perfect commit messages
Ever been stumped about what to write for a commit message? Take a peek at whatthecommit.com
.
You can even fetch a commit message directly using curl
and then pipe the output to git
:
curl whatthecommit.com/index.txt | git commit -F -
You co-workers will love it.
bsdgames — indulge in nostalgia with terminal games
Yearning for the good old Nokia 3310 days when you played Snake during math class? Well, now you can enjoy it in your terminal too!
After installing bsdgames
, just type worm
to launch the game.
But that's not all – the bsdgames
package also includes other games. Want a game of backgammon? Simply type backgammon
. And if you're into StarTrek, there's a game named trek
. However, I recommend checking its manual page first using man trek
.
To install bsdgames
:
sudo apt-get install bsdgames
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