20 amusing Linux commands to have fun with the terminal

Binary Tides ^ | 14 March 2014 | Silver Moon

[ShadowAce]

[ShadowAce]

How it will be to get an aquarium in terminal.

root@tecmint:~# apt-get install libcurses-perl
root@tecmint:~# cd /tmp 
root@tecmint:~# wget http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/K/KB/KBAUCOM/Term-Animation-2.4.tar.gz
root@tecmint:~# tar -zxvf Term-Animation-2.4.tar.gz
root@tecmint:~# cd Term-Animation-2.4/
root@tecmint:~# perl Makefile.PL &&  make &&   make test
root@tecmint:~# make install

Install ASCIIquarium

Now Download and Install ASCIIquarium.

root@tecmint:~# cd /tmp
root@tecmint:~# wget http://www.robobunny.com/projects/asciiquarium/asciiquarium.tar.gz
root@tecmint:~# tar -zxvf asciiquarium.tar.gz
root@tecmint:~# cd asciiquarium_1.1/
root@tecmint:~# cp asciiquarium /usr/local/bin
root@tecmint:~# chmod 0755 /usr/local/bin/asciiquarium

And finally run “asciiquarium” or “/usr/local/bin/asciiquarium“ in terminal without quotes and be a part of magic that will be taking place in front of your eyes.

root@tecmint:~# asciiquarium

aquarium command

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

For analog fans...

1) Write 6006 on a piece of paper.
2) Turn it over.
3) Look at it in front of a mirror.

Believe it or not it says poop!!!

[Texas Fossil]

Thanks. Reminds me back in the old days of TTY art.

It was a dumb, but developed artform.

[Yo-Yo]

Wow! ASCII art! Takes me all the way back to my High School days in 1976 when we used Teletype terminals with 300 baud acoustic modems to write programs in BASIC.

Here's Star Wars: A New Hope in ASCII:

https://www.asciimation.co.nz/

[Texas Fossil]

You and I both know that command line is still very powerful stuff. It is amazing what you can do with command line programs like Image Magic. But you soon learn to never work on original data. You can really do damage to things with slight miss-type on command.

[ShadowAce]

Here it is in a terminal:

telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl

[Red Badger]

You should post this to the Twitter accounts of all those fired ‘journolistas’ at ButtFeed, Gannett and HuffPoS...................They need to ‘learn to code!’....................

[wally_bert]

Bookmarked for later.

I ran across BB years ago and forgot about it.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

😸

[TexasGator]

Reminds me of playing with my TRS-80 circa 1978

[Openurmind]

Cool retro nuggets! Like video games, There are Easter eggs hidden in the console!

Here is something cool to share about linux I have noticed for those who have never used it. It has a lot of actions that help you out when doing things like this. Example... purposely I tried to enter the aafire run command without it being installed.

It told me it was not installed and then went out of it’s way to offer me the proper command line to copy and paste to go grab it. It wasn’t just “not found” or “not installed”, it actually helped me by sharing the line and “location” I needed to properly find it and install it. “if you want to install it enter this command”.

It does a lot of little cool things like this to help you rather than fight you if something isn’t quite right. It doesn’t leave you guessing, it gives you the answer how to do it.

The aafire is pretty cool by the way, Thanks Ace! Cool stuff.

[central_va]

Don't try this:

1. $ su - root ( when prompted enter root password )
2. # cd /
3. # rm -rf .

[fruser1]

My favorite unix command in rm -r *

[martin_fierro]

sudo youdontwannaknow

     ___          ___          ___          ___          ___    ___          ___     
    /\__\        /\  \        /\__\        /\  \        /\__\  /\  \        /\  \    
   /::|  |      /::\  \      /::|  |      /::\  \      /:/  / /::\  \      /::\  \   
  /:|:|  |     /:/\:\  \    /:|:|  |     /:/\:\  \    /:/  / /:/\:\  \    /:/\:\  \  
 /:/|:|__|__  /::\~\:\  \  /:/|:|  |__  /:/  \:\  \  /:/  / /::\~\:\  \  /:/  \:\__\ 
/:/ |::::\__\/:/\:\ \:\__\/:/ |:| /\__\/:/__/_\:\__\/:/__/ /:/\:\ \:\__\/:/__/ \:|__|
\/__/~~/:/  /\/__\:\/:/  /\/__|:|/:/  /\:\  /\ \/__/\:\  \ \:\~\:\ \/__/\:\  \ /:/  /
      /:/  /      \::/  /     |:/:/  /  \:\ \:\__\   \:\  \ \:\ \:\__\   \:\  /:/  / 
     /:/  /       /:/  /      |::/  /    \:\/:/  /    \:\  \ \:\ \/__/    \:\/:/  /  
    /:/  /       /:/  /       /:/  /      \::/  /      \:\__\ \:\__\       \::/__/   
    \/__/        \/__/        \/__/        \/__/        \/__/  \/__/        ~~   
     ___          ___          ___                 ___          ___          ___    ___     
    /\  \        /\  \        /\__\         ___   /\  \        /\  \        /\__\  /\  \    
   /::\  \      /::\  \      /::|  |       /\  \  \:\  \      /::\  \      /:/  / /::\  \   
  /:/\:\  \    /:/\:\  \    /:|:|  |       \:\  \  \:\  \    /:/\:\  \    /:/  / /:/\ \  \  
 /:/  \:\  \  /::\~\:\  \  /:/|:|  |__     /::\__\ /::\  \  /::\~\:\  \  /:/  / _\:\~\ \  \ 
/:/__/_\:\__\/:/\:\ \:\__\/:/ |:| /\__\ __/:/\/__//:/\:\__\/:/\:\ \:\__\/:/__/ /\ \:\ \ \__\
\:\  /\ \/__/\:\~\:\ \/__/\/__|:|/:/  //\/:/  /  /:/  \/__/\/__\:\/:/  /\:\  \ \:\ \:\ \/__/
 \:\ \:\__\   \:\ \:\__\      |:/:/  / \::/__/  /:/  /          \::/  /  \:\  \ \:\ \:\__\  
  \:\/:/  /    \:\ \/__/      |::/  /   \:\__\  \/__/           /:/  /    \:\  \ \:\/:/  /  
   \::/  /      \:\__\        /:/  /     \/__/                 /:/  /      \:\__\ \::/  /   
    \/__/        \/__/        \/__/                            \/__/        \/__/  \/__/
     ___                     ___          ___     
    /\  \         ___       /\__\        /\  \    
   /::\  \       /\  \     /::|  |      /::\  \   
  /:/\:\  \      \:\  \   /:|:|  |     /:/\:\  \  
 /::\~\:\  \     /::\__\ /:/|:|  |__  /:/  \:\  \ 
/:/\:\ \:\__\ __/:/\/__//:/ |:| /\__\/:/__/_\:\__\
\/__\:\/:/  //\/:/  /   \/__|:|/:/  /\:\  /\ \/__/
     \::/  / \::/__/        |:/:/  /  \:\ \:\__\  
      \/__/   \:\__\        |::/  /    \:\/:/  /  
               \/__/        /:/  /      \::/  /   
                            \/__/        \/__/ 

[martin_fierro]

sudo youdontwannaknow

     ___          ___          ___          ___          ___    ___          ___     
    /\__\        /\  \        /\__\        /\  \        /\__\  /\  \        /\  \    
   /::|  |      /::\  \      /::|  |      /::\  \      /:/  / /::\  \      /::\  \   
  /:|:|  |     /:/\:\  \    /:|:|  |     /:/\:\  \    /:/  / /:/\:\  \    /:/\:\  \  
 /:/|:|__|__  /::\~\:\  \  /:/|:|  |__  /:/  \:\  \  /:/  / /::\~\:\  \  /:/  \:\__\ 
/:/ |::::\__\/:/\:\ \:\__\/:/ |:| /\__\/:/__/_\:\__\/:/__/ /:/\:\ \:\__\/:/__/ \:|__|
\/__/~~/:/  /\/__\:\/:/  /\/__|:|/:/  /\:\  /\ \/__/\:\  \ \:\~\:\ \/__/\:\  \ /:/  /
      /:/  /      \::/  /     |:/:/  /  \:\ \:\__\   \:\  \ \:\ \:\__\   \:\  /:/  / 
     /:/  /       /:/  /      |::/  /    \:\/:/  /    \:\  \ \:\ \/__/    \:\/:/  /  
    /:/  /       /:/  /       /:/  /      \::/  /      \:\__\ \:\__\       \::/__/   
    \/__/        \/__/        \/__/        \/__/        \/__/  \/__/        ~~   
     ___          ___          ___                 ___          ___          ___    ___     
    /\  \        /\  \        /\__\         ___   /\  \        /\  \        /\__\  /\  \    
   /::\  \      /::\  \      /::|  |       /\  \  \:\  \      /::\  \      /:/  / /::\  \   
  /:/\:\  \    /:/\:\  \    /:|:|  |       \:\  \  \:\  \    /:/\:\  \    /:/  / /:/\ \  \  
 /:/  \:\  \  /::\~\:\  \  /:/|:|  |__     /::\__\ /::\  \  /::\~\:\  \  /:/  / _\:\~\ \  \ 
/:/__/_\:\__\/:/\:\ \:\__\/:/ |:| /\__\ __/:/\/__//:/\:\__\/:/\:\ \:\__\/:/__/ /\ \:\ \ \__\
\:\  /\ \/__/\:\~\:\ \/__/\/__|:|/:/  //\/:/  /  /:/  \/__/\/__\:\/:/  /\:\  \ \:\ \:\ \/__/
 \:\ \:\__\   \:\ \:\__\      |:/:/  / \::/__/  /:/  /          \::/  /  \:\  \ \:\ \:\__\  
  \:\/:/  /    \:\ \/__/      |::/  /   \:\__\  \/__/           /:/  /    \:\  \ \:\/:/  /  
   \::/  /      \:\__\        /:/  /     \/__/                 /:/  /      \:\__\ \::/  /   
    \/__/        \/__/        \/__/                            \/__/        \/__/  \/__/
     ___                     ___          ___     
    /\  \         ___       /\__\        /\  \    
   /::\  \       /\  \     /::|  |      /::\  \   
  /:/\:\  \      \:\  \   /:|:|  |     /:/\:\  \  
 /::\~\:\  \     /::\__\ /:/|:|  |__  /:/  \:\  \ 
/:/\:\ \:\__\ __/:/\/__//:/ |:| /\__\/:/__/_\:\__\
\/__\:\/:/  //\/:/  /   \/__|:|/:/  /\:\  /\ \/__/
     \::/  / \::/__/        |:/:/  /  \:\ \:\__\  
      \/__/   \:\__\        |::/  /    \:\/:/  /  
               \/__/        /:/  /      \::/  /   
                            \/__/        \/__/ 

[dangus]

Aw... it’s like 1987 all over again!

[Openurmind]

Now you got me hunting down the aafire to make an attempt to give it some color. lol

[TomServo]

rm -r is my favorite