5 Cool Commands in Linux
5 Cool Commands in Linux Author: Tanny Note: use "sudo apt install <command_name>" to install all command packages 1. pv Command You might have seen simulating text in movies. It appears as, it is being typed in real time. Won’t it be nice, if you can have such an effect in terminal? # echo " codeonlinux [dot]blogspot[ dot ]com is a community of Linux Nerds and Geeks" | pv -qL 10 2. toilet Command How about printing text with border in terminal, using an one-liner script command ‘ toilet ‘. # while true; do echo “$(date | toilet -f term -F border – CodeOnLinux )”; sleep 1; done 3. xeyes Command ‘ xeyes ‘ is a graphical programs and as soon as you fire the command you will see two monster eyes chasing your cursor movement. # xeyes 4. cowsay Command cowsay is useful for output of desired text with animated character cow. What if you want other animal in place of cow? Check a list of available animals. # cowsay -l ...
