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Is there any Linux user who didn't use the terminal for a single time?
Terminals is very powerful and makes our life easier. The command line is really cool.
Life isn't beautiful without terminal commands. There are some funny commands in Linux terminal. These commands will make us smile and keep away our stress at work.
1. sl
No, it is not ls (list) command. The command is really sl. We use the ls command on a daily basis. Many times we mistype ls to sl. We don't know about you guys but it happens lots of times with us.
sl stands for Steam Locomotive. After installing we typed sl. A steam locomotive engine passes through our terminal.
It could be a good punishment for mistyping the ls command.
2. Star Wars in Terminal
Yes, we can watch star wars in our terminal by using a simple command. First we need telnet in our system, if it is installed then fine otherwise we download it by using sudo apt-get install telnet command then we try following command to watch Star Wars in our terminal.
3. Cmatrix
Love the terminal shows in the matrix movie ? Then cmatrix is the best command to run. First we install cmatrix in our system by applying command:
Then we run cmatrix to start the matrix effect on our terminal. Isn't it cool? We can make this more cooler by give it rainbow effect:
We can control the speed of text flying by using -u flag from the value 1 to 10.
4. Morse code in terminal
We can play morse code in our terminal by using the morse command. First we install morse by using following command:
Then we run the following command for the morse code of our given texts.
Let's look at what happened.
5. Rev
Reverse any text in the terminal window. To do it we just install rev.
then run command:
Now whatever we type and press enter it will be reversed.
6. Tom & Jerry
Now this one is our favorite on this list. The program will show a cat on display that chases our mouse cursor. This is real fun and must try.
After installing we just start it by using oneko command. That's all.
Let's have fun by moving the mouse cursor.
In case we love dogs more then cat than we should try following command:
Let's spice up the dog with colors:
There are a few more types of cats available in oneko. We can get all the information by using oneko –help command.
Note: When we close the terminal where oneko was running, pets will disappear, it will not start at start-up. We need to add the application to start up and continue enjoying it.
7. Cowsay and Xcowsay
Now we bring a cow to our terminal. It will say and think in our terminal. We install these three program by using following command:
Not only cows, Cowsay can call a dragon in our terminal. Try following:
What about a ghost:
8. Toilet
Toilet is a command that transforms texts to large ASCII banners. We can install it on our linux system by applying following command:
After installing we can run this by applying:
toilet HTTPS://tabcode.net
Let's add more design to this banner.
9. Fire on Computer
Want to set fire on the Computer? Well, don't panic we are kidding. It's just a funny command and the output is like fire using characters. We install the package by using command:
Then we run following command to fire up:
10. Fortune
The Fortune program will display quotes, funny predictions, jokes, or even poetry in the terminal. Something like Fortune cookies.
Let's install Fortune by entering the apt-get install command in our terminal:
After installing fortune we simply type fortune in the command line to test luck.
Even we can run fortune with cowsay. To see the cow is telling our fortune.
11. espeak
Using espeak we can convert text to audio. It will read what we have written. We can install it by using following command:
Then we run espeak and enter our text to hear it from our speaker.
It has a GUI version called gespeaker.
12. You are under watch
Xeyes is always looking for mouse cursor. It is not only for fun, it is also a utility tool when we have a bigger display and small cursor. Xeyes comes with the x11-apps package. To install it we need to run following command:
After installing we just need to run xeyes command to activate it.
13. lolcat
Lolcat is a terminal utility which gives a rainbow effect on our terminal texts.
It can be used with other utilities. Lets install it by using following command:
Now we can run lolcat with tolls like fortune,cowsay etc.
14. moo
Woo, who doesn't love ester eggs ? Moo doesn't need to install.
Haha. It also can be used with aptitude
Then run it with moo
We have included only funny commands. Did we miss any more funny commands ? There are some interesting utility and useful commands in Linux. Should we write an article on this ? Show supports in the comment section. Also comment which one is the best in this list.
For more interesting tutorials visit our site regularly and follow us on .
Terminals is very powerful and makes our life easier. The command line is really cool.
1. sl
No, it is not ls (list) command. The command is really sl. We use the ls command on a daily basis. Many times we mistype ls to sl. We don't know about you guys but it happens lots of times with us.
sl stands for Steam Locomotive. After installing we typed sl. A steam locomotive engine passes through our terminal.
2. Star Wars in Terminal
Yes, we can watch star wars in our terminal by using a simple command. First we need telnet in our system, if it is installed then fine otherwise we download it by using sudo apt-get install telnet command then we try following command to watch Star Wars in our terminal.
3. Cmatrix
Love the terminal shows in the matrix movie ? Then cmatrix is the best command to run. First we install cmatrix in our system by applying command:
Then we run cmatrix to start the matrix effect on our terminal. Isn't it cool? We can make this more cooler by give it rainbow effect:
We can control the speed of text flying by using -u flag from the value 1 to 10.
4. Morse code in terminal
We can play morse code in our terminal by using the morse command. First we install morse by using following command:
Then we run the following command for the morse code of our given texts.
Let's look at what happened.
5. Rev
Reverse any text in the terminal window. To do it we just install rev.
then run command:
Now whatever we type and press enter it will be reversed.
Now this one is our favorite on this list. The program will show a cat on display that chases our mouse cursor. This is real fun and must try.
After installing we just start it by using oneko command. That's all.
Let's have fun by moving the mouse cursor.
Let's spice up the dog with colors:
Note: When we close the terminal where oneko was running, pets will disappear, it will not start at start-up. We need to add the application to start up and continue enjoying it.
7. Cowsay and Xcowsay
Now we bring a cow to our terminal. It will say and think in our terminal. We install these three program by using following command:
8. Toilet
Toilet is a command that transforms texts to large ASCII banners. We can install it on our linux system by applying following command:
After installing we can run this by applying:
toilet HTTPS://tabcode.net
Let's add more design to this banner.
9. Fire on Computer
Want to set fire on the Computer? Well, don't panic we are kidding. It's just a funny command and the output is like fire using characters. We install the package by using command:
Then we run following command to fire up:
10. Fortune
The Fortune program will display quotes, funny predictions, jokes, or even poetry in the terminal. Something like Fortune cookies.
Let's install Fortune by entering the apt-get install command in our terminal:
After installing fortune we simply type fortune in the command line to test luck.
11. espeak
Using espeak we can convert text to audio. It will read what we have written. We can install it by using following command:
Then we run espeak and enter our text to hear it from our speaker.
It has a GUI version called gespeaker.
12. You are under watch
Xeyes is always looking for mouse cursor. It is not only for fun, it is also a utility tool when we have a bigger display and small cursor. Xeyes comes with the x11-apps package. To install it we need to run following command:
After installing we just need to run xeyes command to activate it.
Lolcat is a terminal utility which gives a rainbow effect on our terminal texts.
It can be used with other utilities. Lets install it by using following command:
Now we can run lolcat with tolls like fortune,cowsay etc.
Woo, who doesn't love ester eggs ? Moo doesn't need to install.
Haha. It also can be used with aptitude
Then run it with moo
We have included only funny commands. Did we miss any more funny commands ? There are some interesting utility and useful commands in Linux. Should we write an article on this ? Show supports in the comment section. Also comment which one is the best in this list.
For more interesting tutorials visit our site regularly and follow us on .