Installing FIGlet In Linux
Install a FIGlet utility, to be able to convert text to ASCII Art from the Linux command line.
In Ubuntu, Debian, Linux Mint etc.
$ sudo apt-get install figlet
In CentOS, RHEL, Fedora etc.
$ yum install figlet
Generate ASCII Text Banners
o use FIGlet with its default settings, simply type :
$ figlet “Shell Hacks”
____ _ _ _ _ _ _
/ ___|| |__ ___| | | | | | | __ _ ___| | _____
\___ \| ‘_ \ / _ \ | | | |_| |/ _` |/ __| |/ / __|
___) | | | | __/ | | | _ | (_| | (__| <\__ \
|____/|_| |_|\___|_|_| |_| |_|\__,_|\___|_|\_\___/
To change the font, use the -f option, for example :
$ figlet -f digital "Shell Hacks"
+-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+
|S|h|e|l|l| |H|a|c|k|s|
+-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+
Use the -c option if you would prefer centered output :
$ figlet -c "Shell Hacks"
List FIGlet Fonts
Print a list of available FIGlet fonts :
$ showfigfonts
You can also download and use additional FIGlet fonts, for example :
$ wget http://www.figlet.org/fonts/univers.flf
$ figlet -f univers.flf "lol"
88 88
88 88
88 88
88 ,adPPYba, 88
88 a8" "8a 88
88 8b d8 88
88 "8a, ,a8" 88
88 `"YbbdP"' 88
Create ASCII Art From Text
If you would like to display the output of a command using FIGlet, simply pipe the command into FIGlet :
$ date +%r | figlet -f bubble
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
/ \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \
( 0 | 4 | : | 5 | 1 | : | 4 | 9 ) ( P | M )
\_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/
$ echo "WTF?" | figlet -f banner
# # ####### ####### #####
# # # # # # #
# # # # # #
# # # # ##### ###
# # # # # #
# # # # #
## ## # # #
If FIGlet gets its input from a file, use -p option :
$ cat myfile
Shell Hacks
$ figlet -p < myfile
____ _ _ _ _ _ _
/ ___|| |__ ___| | | | | | | __ _ ___| | _____
\___ \| '_ \ / _ \ | | | |_| |/ _` |/ __| |/ / __|
___) | | | | __/ | | | _ | (_| | (__| <\__ \
|____/|_| |_|\___|_|_| |_| |_|\__,_|\___|_|\_\___/
Now have fun, creating your own ASCII text banners from the Linux terminal.
More information can be found on FIGlet official site.
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