will play Star Wars, A New Hope. All done in text!
Step 1: Open the command prompt on your computer.
Step 2: Type in the command "telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl" and press Enter.
Step 3: Wait for the connection to be established.
Step 4: Once connected, you will see the ASCII animation Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope.
Step 5: To exit the telnet session, press "Ctrl + ]" and then type "quit" and press enter.
Please note that Telnet is an unencrypted, unsecured protocol and it is not recommended to use Telnet for sensitive data, because it sends all data in
telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl
2. Fortune!
fortune is a program that displays a pseudorandom message from a database of quotations that first appeared in Version 7 Unix. The most common version on modern systems is the BSD fortune , originally written by Ken Arnold.
"pkg install fortune" is a command that installs the "fortune" package on a Unix-like operating system. The "fortune" package contains a program that displays a random, hopefully interesting, adage or message.
Once the fortune package is installed, running the command "fortune" will display a random message or quote.
Step 1: Open the command prompt on your computer.
Step 2: Type in the command "pkg install fortune" and press Enter.
Step 3: Wait for the package to be installed.
Step 4: Once the package is installed, type in the command "fortune" and press Enter.
Step 5: A random message or quote will be displayed in the command prompt.
Please note this command is not available on windows systems and it's specific to Unix-like systems.
pkg install fortune && fortune
3. Yes
yes command in linux is used to print a continuous output stream of given STRING. If STRING is not mentioned then it prints 'y',
You can do whatever you like!
Step 1: Open the command prompt on your computer.
Step 2: Type in the command "yes" followed by the string you want to print, if you want to print a continuous output stream of a specific string.
Step 3: Press enter and the command will start printing the specified string continuously.
Step 4: To stop the output, press "Ctrl + C"
Alternatively, if you want to use the command "yes" in a script or command pipeline, you can use it with a command following "yes" separated by a pipe symbol "|"
Step 1: Open the command prompt on your computer.
Step 2: Type in the command "yes | command" and press Enter.
Step 3: The command will run and any prompts or confirmations will be automatically accepted.
Please note that the "yes" command will keep running until you stop it manually.
examples of how the "yes" command can be used:
Example 1: Print a continuous output stream of the string "Hello World"
Command:
yes "Hello World"
Output:
Hello World Hello World Hello World ... (the output will continue indefinitely)
Example 2: Use the "yes" command in a pipeline to automatically accept prompts or confirmations.
(the output of the command will be shown, with any prompts or confirmations automatically accepted)
Example 3: Print a continuous output stream of the letter "y"
Command:
yes
Output:
y y y ... (the output will continue indefinitely)
Please note that if you want to stop the output, you can use "Ctrl+C"
yes hello!
4. CMatrix
CMatrix is based on the screensaver from The Matrix website. It shows text flying in and out in a terminal like as seen in "The Matrix" movie. It can scroll lines all at the same rate or asynchronously and at a user-defined speed. CMAtrix is inspired from 'The Matrix' movie.
"pkg install cmatrix" is a command that installs the "cmatrix" package on a Unix-like operating system. The "cmatrix" package contains a program that simulates the scrolling green text from the Matrix movie.
Once the cmatrix package is installed, running the command "cmatrix" will display the simulation of the scrolling green text from the Matrix movie in the command prompt.
Step 1: Open the command prompt on your computer.
Step 2: Type in the command "pkg install cmatrix" and press Enter.
Step 3: Wait for the package to be installed.
Step 4: Once the package is installed, type in the command "cmatrix" and press Enter.
Step 5: The simulation of the scrolling green text from the Matrix movie will be displayed in the command prompt.
Please note this command is not available on windows systems and it's specific to Unix-like systems.
pkg install cmatrix && cmatrix
5. Fire !
One of the Linux funny commands is “aafire.” When you fed-up while working with Linux commands, install “aafire” on the system and render the fire in your terminal window.
"pkg install aalib" is a command that installs the "aalib" package on a Unix-like operating system. The "aalib" package contains a library that allows you to create ASCII art from images.
It also contains a program called "aafire" which is an ASCII art animation of a fire.
Once the aalib package is installed, running the command "aafire" will display an ASCII art animation of a fire in the command prompt.
Step 1: Open the command prompt on your computer.
Step 2: Type in the command "pkg install aalib" and press Enter.
Step 3: Wait for the package to be installed.
Step 4: Once the package is installed, type in the command "aafire" and press Enter.
Step 5: The ASCII art animation of a fire will be displayed in the command prompt.
Please note this command is not available on windows systems and it's specific to Unix-like systems.
pkg install aalib && aafir
6. Calender
to view the built in calendar.
The "cal" command in Linux is used to display a calendar for the current month or a specified month and year.
Step 1: Open the command prompt on your computer.
Step 2: Type in the command "cal" and press Enter.
Step 3: The calendar for the current month will be displayed in the command prompt.
You can also specify a month and year to display the calendar of that specific month and year.
Step 1: Open the command prompt on your computer.
Step 2: Type in the command "cal" followed by the month and year you want to display. (e.g. "cal 8 2022" will display the calendar for August 2022)
Step 3: The calendar for the specified month and year will be displayed in the command prompt.
You can use the options -3, -y, -m to change the format of the output.
cal
7. Rev (Reverse)
After hitting enter, you can type anything you wish, hit enter, and watch it become reversed.
rev command in Linux is used to reverse the lines characterwise. This utility basically reverses the order of the characters in each line by copying the specified files to the standard output. If no files are specified, then the standard input will read.
The "rev" command in Linux is used to reverse the lines of a file or input.
Step 1: Open the command prompt on your computer.
Step 2: Type in the command "rev" followed by the name of the file you want to reverse.
Step 3: The lines of the file will be reversed and displayed in the command prompt.
For example, if you have a file named "example.txt" with the following content:
Hello
How are you
Goodbye
Command: rev example.txt
Output:
Goodbye
How are you
Hello
You can also use it with input from the command line, by simply typing the string you want to reverse after the command
Command:
echo "Hello World" | rev
Output :
dlroW olleH
rev
8. Cowsay
cowsay is a program that generates ASCII art pictures of a cow with a message. It can also generate pictures using pre-made images of other animals, such as Tux the Penguin, the Linux mascot. It is written in Perl.
Cowsay will turn text into happy ASCII cows.
"pkg install cowsay" is a command that installs the "cowsay" package on a Unix-like operating system. The "cowsay" package contains a program that can display a message in a cow speech bubble.
Once the cowsay package is installed, running the command "cowsay (your message)" will display the message you provided in a cow speech bubble in the command prompt.
Step 1: Open the command prompt on your computer.
Step 2: Type in the command "pkg install cowsay" and press Enter.
Step 3: Wait for the package to be installed.
Step 4: Once the package is installed, type in the command "cowsay (your message)" and press Enter.
Step 5: The message will be displayed in a cow speech bubble in the command prompt.
For example, if you want to display the message "Hello World" in a cow speech bubble, you would use the command:
