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Title: Figlet...Cowsay... Date: 2008-08-25 00:13 Author: Yi Tags: Tools, Command Line, How-to, Type Slug: figletcowsay Status: published During the Polish Print Party, a scene performed silently behind the bar counter... they are about : **=== [FIGlet]({filename}/images/uploads/fig01new.png) ==============================** - Go to Synaptic to install the Figlet package - Find the pre-installed fonts: <span style="color: #333333;">/usr/share/figlet</span> - <span style="color: #808080;"><span style="color: #000000;">To add more fonts:</span></span><span style="color: #333333;">/usr/share/figlet</span><span style="color: #000000;"> (</span>That is for all users. Otherwise, you have to put the new fonts in a directory of your choice by indicated with <span style="color: #808080;">-d</span><span style="color: #000000;">(directory))</span> <span style="color: #000000;">*It will look like* [this]({filename}/images/uploads/fig02-new.png)</span> <span style="color: #333333;">yi@core2duo:\~\$ figlet -f banner it will be looked like this</span> *or like* [this]({filename}/images/uploads/fig03-new.png) <span style="color: #333333;">yi@core2duo:\~\$ figlet -d /home/yi/figfonts -f isometric2 or like this</span> Have fun with *F*rank, *I*van and *G*len's *let*ters! === [**Cowsay**]({filename}/images/uploads/cow01.png) / **Cowthink ========================= ** - find out [cow's home](http://www.nog.net/~tony/warez/cowsay.shtml) to start installation[ ](http://www.nog.net/~tony/warez/cowsay.shtml) - <span style="color: #333333;"><span style="color: #000000;">then</span>: sudo apt-get install cowsay</span> - open file: <span style="color: #333333;">.bashrc</span> - <span style="color: #000000;">add line</span> - <span style="color: #333333;">echo Bonjour \$USER</span> *Sometimes it looks like* [this]({filename}/images/uploads/cow02.png) yi@core2duo:\~\$ cowsay -d \$M like this *Sometimes it looks like* [that]({filename}/images/uploads/cow03.png) yi@core2duo:\~\$ cowsay -p \$M like that Or like[...]({filename}/images/uploads/cow04.png) yi@core2duo:\~\$ cowsay -f dragon.cow like... <span style="color: #333333;"><span style="color: #000000;">A vous de jouer :)</span> </span>