Below we will see why Linux can stand out by simply allowing any customization in the system. We will use the lolcat packet to convert the commands displayed in the terminal to a rainbow. Yes the commands will appear in rainbow colors in slow motion.
Interesting; Let's see how it works:
As I mentioned earlier, we will use the LOLcat application. The cat commands come with enhanced color and Rainbow-like colors.
The LΟLcat application is available on almost all modern Linux distributions by defaultchoice in their repository. Alternatively, you can install the latest version of LΟLcat from the git repository.
For Lοlcat to work you will need the latest version of RUBY. Below are the commands to install it on that distribution usesyou:
(Proceed as follows if the application does not already exist in your distribution repositories)
apt-get install ruby [for systems with APT] yum install ruby [for systems with Yum] dnf install ruby [for DNF systems]
When installing the ruby, confirm the version:
2. Then download and install the latest version of lolcat from the git repository with the following commands:
wget https://github.com/busyloop/lolcat/archive/master.zip unzip master.zip cd lolcat-master / bin gem install lolcat
Check the version again
Let's run LΟLcat. The basic pension for the implementation of LΟLcat is:
LOLcat [options] [files]
The application comes with many options that control its behavior. Below are some of the most important commands:
-a passes each line through one effects traffic.
-d determines the duration (number of steps before the next line appears) of the motion effect, the default value is 12.
-s determines the speed (frame rate - number of steps per second) of the motion effect, the default value is 20.
-f allows coloring
You can find more choices here.
But let's look at the result:
Let's try the help command:
lolcat -h
Impressive;
Let's run the commands:
echo I ❤ SecNews | lolcat figlet I Love SecNews | lolcat
Let's say that the character ❤ is unicode character and to install the figlet run the following command with yum, dnf or apt:
apt-get figlet yum install Figlet dnf install figlet
