Fun Commands in Linux :
3 min readSep 24, 2021
- Sl command ( steam locomotive )
We frequently use ‘ls’ command to list contents of folder . But because of mis type sometimes we result in typing sl.
Its very annoying to see “command not found” error . SO why not have some fun .
Command for installing sl :
apt install sl [On Debian/Ubuntu & Mint]
yum install sl [On CentOS/RHEL 7]
dnf install sl [On CentOS/RHEL 8 & Fedora]
pacman -S sl [On Arch Linux]
pkg_add -v sl [On FreeBSD]
- cmatrix command
It gives a look to your desktop of a hacker.
Command for installing cmatrix :
apt install cmatrix [On Debian/Ubuntu & Mint]
yum install cmatrix [On CentOS/RHEL 7]
dnf install cmatrix [On CentOS/RHEL 8 & Fedora]
pacman -S cmatrix [On Arch Linux]
pkg_add -v cmatrix [On FreeBSD]
- fortune command
It tells your random fortune.
To install use -
apt install fortune [On Debian/Ubuntu & Mint]
yum install fortune [On CentOS/RHEL 7]
dnf install fortune [On CentOS/RHEL 8 & Fedora]
pacman -S fortune [On Arch Linux]
pkg_add -v fortune [On FreeBSD]
- Cowsay
An ASCII cow in the terminal will say whatever you want.
To install use -
apt install cowsay [On Debian/Ubuntu & Mint]
yum install cowsay [On CentOS/RHEL 7]
dnf install cowsay [On CentOS/RHEL 8 & Fedora]
pacman -S cowsay [On Arch Linux]
pkg_add -v cowsay [On FreeBSD]
- toilet command
apt install toilet [On Debian/Ubuntu & Mint]
yum install toilet [On CentOS/RHEL 7]
dnf install toilet [On CentOS/RHEL 8 & Fedora]
pacman -S toilet [On Arch Linux]
pkg_add -v toilet [On FreeBSD]
- Coloured toilet
- aafire command
It displays fire in you terminal .
Command for installing cmatrix :
apt install libaa-bin [On Debian/Ubuntu & Mint]
yum install aalib [On CentOS/RHEL 7]
dnf install aalib [On CentOS/RHEL 8 & Fedora]
pacman -S aalib [On Arch Linux]
pkg_add -v aalib [On FreeBSD]
- bb command
For installing use -
apt install bb [On Debian/Ubuntu & Mint]
yum install bb [On CentOS/RHEL 7]
dnf install bb [On CentOS/RHEL 8 & Fedora]
pacman -S bb [On Arch Linux]
pkg_add -v bb [On FreeBSD]
- ASCIIquarium command
It will give you an aquarium in terminal.
For installing follow -
apt-get install libcurses-perl
cd /tmp
wget http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/K/KB/KBAUCOM/Term-Animation-2.4.tar.gz
tar -zxvf Term-Animation-2.4.tar.gz
cd Term-Animation-2.4/
perl Makefile.PL && make && make test
make installcd /tmp
wget http://www.robobunny.com/projects/asciiquarium/asciiquarium.tar.gz
tar -zxvf asciiquarium.tar.gz
cd asciiquarium_1.1/
cp asciiquarium /usr/local/bin
chmod 0755 /usr/local/bin/asciiquarium
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