Creating ASCII ART MOTD¶
MOTD or „Message of The Day” in most Unix systems is displayed after
successful login, but before execution of user shell. MOTD is used to
send a common message to all system users (after login), in a more
efficient manner than sending them all an e-mail message. MOTD message
is stored in /etc/motd file.
MOTD is not only used in Unix/Linux but it become a common feature of the online services like IRC and game clients.
How to create MOTD for your Linux box?¶
The easiest way to create nice MOTD is to use linux_logo application, which
can be installed using apt-get install linuxlogo
Ostrzeżenie
it also changes default MOTD!
Usage of linux_logo application¶
Informacja
My blogger template destroyed ASCII ART below, sorry :(
$ linux_logo -k -a -b -L 26 -F "Host: #H (#V).\\n CPU: #T\\n RAM: #R"
.-.
.-'``(|||)
,`\ \ `-`. 88 88
/ \ '``-. ` 88 88
.-. , `___: 88 88 88,888, 88 88 ,88888, 88888 88 88
(:::) : ___ 88 88 88 88 88 88 88 88 88 88 88
`-` ` , : 88 88 88 88 88 88 88 88 88 88 88
\ / ,..-` , 88 88 88 88 88 88 88 88 88 88 88
`./ / .-.` '88888' '88888' '88888' 88 88 '8888 '88888'
`-..-( )
`-`
Host: jambia (2.6.32-27-generic).
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) Duo CPU T2350 @ 1.86GHz
RAM: 2GB
Get All Available logos in linux_logo package¶
Available logos (can be displayed using linux_logo -L list):
Available Built-in Logos:
Num Type Ascii Name Description
1 Classic Yes aix AIX Logo
2 Classic Yes bsd FreeBSD Logo
3 Banner Yes bsd_banner FreeBSD Logo
4 Classic Yes irix Irix Logo
5 Banner Yes solaris The Default Banner Logos
6 Banner Yes banner-simp Simplified Banner Logo
7 Banner Yes banner The Default Banner Logo
8 Classic Yes classic-nodots The Classic Logo, No Periods
9 Classic Yes classic-simp Classic No Dots Or Letters
10 Classic Yes classic The Default Classic Logo
11 Classic Yes core Core Linux Logo
12 Banner Yes debian_banner Debian Banner (white)
13 Classic Yes debian_old Debian Old Penguin Logos
14 Classic Yes debian Debian Swirl Logos
15 Classic Yes gnu_linux Classic GNU/Linux
16 Banner Yes mandrake_banner Mandrake(TM) Linux Banner
17 Banner Yes mandrake Mandrakelinux(TM) Banner
18 Banner Yes mandriva Mandriva(TM) Linux Banner
19 Banner Yes pld PLD Linux banner
20 Banner Yes redhat RedHat Banner (white)
21 Banner Yes slackware Slackware Logo
22 Banner Yes sme SME Server Banner Logo
23 Banner Yes sourcemage_ban Source Mage GNU/Linux banner
24 Banner Yes sourcemage Source Mage GNU/Linux large
25 Banner Yes suse SUSE Logo
26 Banner Yes ubuntu Ubuntu Logo
Do "linux_logo -L num" where num is from above to get the appropriate logo.
Checking out all available logos¶
for x in `seq 1 26` ; do
clear ;
linux_logo -k -a -b -L $x -F "Host: #H (#V).\\n CPU: #T\\n RAM: #R" ;
sleep 2 ;
done
Creating custom MOTD logo¶
FIGlet is a computer program that generates
text banners, in a variety of typefaces, composed of letters made up of
conglomerations of smaller ASCII characters. Installation of FIGlet is
really simple apt-get install figlet.
Creating more personalized MOTD using FIGlet¶
$ figlet -f slant jambia
_ __ _
(_)___ _____ ___ / /_ (_)___ _
/ / __ `/ __ `__ \/ __ \/ / __ `/
/ / /_/ / / / / / / /_/ / / /_/ /
__/ /\__,_/_/ /_/ /_/_.___/_/\__,_/
/___/
My MOTD (linux_logo + FIGlet)¶
.-
.-'``(|||)
,`\ \ `-`. _ __ _
/ \ '``-. ` (_)___ _____ ___ / /_ (_)___ _
.-. , `___: / / __ `/ __ `__ \/ __ \/ / __ `/
(:::) : ___ / / /_/ / / / / / / /_/ / / /_/ /
`-` ` , : __/ /\__,_/_/ /_/ /_/_.___/_/\__,_/
\ / ,..-` , /___/
`./ / .-.`
`-..-( )
`-`
Host: jambia (2.6.32-27-generic).
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) Duo CPU T2350 @ 1.86GHz
RAM: 2GB