{"id":13223,"date":"2019-04-01T08:28:26","date_gmt":"2019-04-01T08:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/?p=13223"},"modified":"2019-04-01T08:28:26","modified_gmt":"2019-04-01T08:28:26","slug":"20-funny-commands-of-linux-or-linux-is-fun-in-terminal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/2019\/04\/01\/20-funny-commands-of-linux-or-linux-is-fun-in-terminal\/","title":{"rendered":"20 Funny Commands of Linux or Linux is Fun in Terminal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Linux<\/strong>\u00a0is fun!\u00a0Huhhh<\/strong>. OK so you don\u2019t believe me. Mind me at the end of this article you will have to believe that\u00a0Linux<\/strong>\u00a0is actually a fun box.<\/p>\n

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\"Linux<\/a><\/p>\n

20 Linux Funny Commands<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

1. Command: sl (Steam Locomotive)<\/h3>\n

You might be aware of command \u2018ls<\/a>\u2018 the list command and use it frequently to view the contents of a folder but because of miss-typing sometimes you would result in \u2018sl<\/strong>\u2018, how about getting a little fun in terminal and not \u201ccommand not found<\/strong>\u201c.<\/p>\n

Install sl<\/h4>\n
root@tecmint:~# apt-get install sl \t\t(In Debian<\/strong> like OS)\r\nroot@tecmint:~# yum -y install sl \t\t(In Red Hat<\/strong> like OS)<\/pre>\n
Output<\/h5>\n
root@tecmint:~# sl<\/pre>\n
\n
\"sl<\/a><\/p>\n
sl command<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
This command works even when you type \u2018LS<\/strong>\u2018 and not \u2018ls<\/strong>\u2018.<\/p>\n
2. Command: telnet<\/h3>\n
No<\/strong>!\u00a0No<\/strong>!! it is not as much complex as it seems. You would be familiar with\u00a0telnet<\/strong>. Telnet is a text-oriented bidirectional network protocol over network. Here is nothing to be installed. What you should have is a Linux box and a working Internet.<\/p>\n
root@tecmint:~# telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl<\/pre>\n
\n
\"telnet<\/a><\/p>\n
telnet command<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
3. Command: fortune<\/h3>\n
what about getting your random\u00a0fortune<\/strong>, sometimes funny in terminal.<\/p>\n
Install fortune<\/h4>\n
root@tecmint:~# apt-get install fortune \t(for aptitude<\/strong> based system)\r\nroot@tecmint:~# yum install fortune \t\t(for yum<\/strong> based system)<\/pre>\n
root@tecmint:~# fortune\r\n\r\nYou're not my type.  For that matter, you're not even my species!!!\r\nFuture looks spotty.  You will spill soup in late evening.\r\nYou worry too much about your job.  Stop it.  You are not paid enough to worry.\r\nYour love life will be... interesting.<\/pre>\n
4. Command: rev (Reverse)<\/h3>\n
It\u00a0reverse<\/strong>\u00a0every string given to it, is not it funny.<\/p>\n
root@tecmint:~# rev\r\n\r\n123abc \r\ncba321 \r\n\r\nxuniL eb ot nrob\r\nborn to be Linux<\/pre>\n
5. Command: factor<\/h3>\n
Time for some\u00a0Mathematics<\/strong>, this command output all the possible factors of a given number.<\/p>\n
root@tecmint:~# factor 5\r\n\r\n5 \r\n5: 5 \r\n\r\n12 \r\n12: 2 2 3 \r\n\r\n1001 \r\n1001: 7 11 13 \r\n\r\n5442134 \r\n5442134: 2 2721067<\/pre>\n
6. Command: script<\/h3>\n
OK fine this is not a command and a script but it is nice.<\/p>\n
root@tecmint:~# for i in {1..12}; do for j in $(seq 1 $i); do echo -ne $i\u00c3\u2014$j=$((i*j))\\t;done; echo;done \r\n\r\n1\u00c3\u20141=1\t\r\n2\u00c3\u20141=2\t2\u00c3\u20142=4\t\r\n3\u00c3\u20141=3\t3\u00c3\u20142=6\t3\u00c3\u20143=9\t\r\n4\u00c3\u20141=4\t4\u00c3\u20142=8\t4\u00c3\u20143=12\t4\u00c3\u20144=16\t\r\n5\u00c3\u20141=5\t5\u00c3\u20142=10\t5\u00c3\u20143=15\t5\u00c3\u20144=20\t5\u00c3\u20145=25\t\r\n6\u00c3\u20141=6\t6\u00c3\u20142=12\t6\u00c3\u20143=18\t6\u00c3\u20144=24\t6\u00c3\u20145=30\t6\u00c3\u20146=36\t\r\n7\u00c3\u20141=7\t7\u00c3\u20142=14\t7\u00c3\u20143=21\t7\u00c3\u20144=28\t7\u00c3\u20145=35\t7\u00c3\u20146=42\t7\u00c3\u20147=49\t\r\n8\u00c3\u20141=8\t8\u00c3\u20142=16\t8\u00c3\u20143=24\t8\u00c3\u20144=32\t8\u00c3\u20145=40\t8\u00c3\u20146=48\t8\u00c3\u20147=56\t8\u00c3\u20148=64\t\r\n9\u00c3\u20141=9\t9\u00c3\u20142=18\t9\u00c3\u20143=27\t9\u00c3\u20144=36\t9\u00c3\u20145=45\t9\u00c3\u20146=54\t9\u00c3\u20147=63\t9\u00c3\u20148=72\t9\u00c3\u20149=81\t\r\n10\u00c3\u20141=10\t10\u00c3\u20142=20\t10\u00c3\u20143=30\t10\u00c3\u20144=40\t10\u00c3\u20145=50\t10\u00c3\u20146=60\t10\u00c3\u20147=70\t10\u00c3\u20148=80\t10\u00c3\u20149=90\t10\u00c3\u201410=100\t\r\n11\u00c3\u20141=11\t11\u00c3\u20142=22\t11\u00c3\u20143=33\t11\u00c3\u20144=44\t11\u00c3\u20145=55\t11\u00c3\u20146=66\t11\u00c3\u20147=77\t11\u00c3\u20148=88\t11\u00c3\u20149=99\t11\u00c3\u201410=110\t11\u00c3\u201411=121\t\r\n12\u00c3\u20141=12\t12\u00c3\u20142=24\t12\u00c3\u20143=36\t12\u00c3\u20144=48\t12\u00c3\u20145=60\t12\u00c3\u20146=72\t12\u00c3\u20147=84\t12\u00c3\u20148=96\t12\u00c3\u20149=108\t12\u00c3\u201410=120\t12\u00c3\u201411=132\t12\u00c3\u201412=144<\/pre>\n
7. Command: Cowsay<\/h3>\n
An\u00a0ASCII<\/strong>\u00a0cow in terminal that will say what ever you want.<\/p>\n
Install Cowsay<\/h4>\n
root@tecmint:~# apt-get install cowsay \t\t(for Debian<\/strong> based OS)\r\nroot@tecmint:~# yum install cowsay\t\t(for Red Hat<\/strong> based OS)<\/pre>\n
Output<\/h5>\n
root@tecmint:~# cowsay I Love nix \r\n\r\n ____________\r\n< I Love nix >\r\n ------------\r\n        \\   ^__^\r\n         \\  (oo)\\_______\r\n            (__)\\       )\\\/\\\r\n                ||----w |\r\n                ||     ||<\/pre>\n
How about pipelineing \u2018fortune command<\/strong>\u2018, described above with cowsay?<\/p>\n
root@tecmint:~# fortune | cowsay \r\n\r\n _________________________________________\r\n\/ Q: How many Oregonians does it take to  \\\r\n| screw in a light bulb? A: Three. One to |\r\n| screw in the light bulb and two to fend |\r\n| off all those                           |\r\n|                                         |\r\n| Californians trying to share the        |\r\n\\ experience.                             \/\r\n -----------------------------------------\r\n        \\   ^__^\r\n         \\  (oo)\\_______\r\n            (__)\\       )\\\/\\\r\n                ||----w |\r\n                ||     ||<\/pre>\n
Note<\/strong>: \u2018|<\/strong>\u2018 is called pipeline instruction and it is used where the output of one command needs to be the input of another command. In the above example the output of \u2018fortune<\/strong>\u2018 command acts as an input of \u2018cowsay<\/strong>\u2018 command. This pipeline instruction is frequently used in scripting and programming.<\/p>\n
xcowsay<\/strong>\u00a0is a graphical program which response similar to\u00a0cowsay<\/strong>\u00a0but in a graphical manner, hence it is\u00a0X<\/strong>\u00a0of cowsay.<\/p>\n
apt-get install xcowsay\r\nyum install xcowsay<\/pre>\n
Output<\/h5>\n
root@tecmint:~# xcowsay I Love nix<\/pre>\n
\n
\"install<\/a><\/p>\n
xcowsay command<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
cowthink<\/strong>\u00a0is another command just run \u201ccowthink Linux is sooo funny\u201d and see the difference in output of cowsay and cowthink.<\/p>\n
apt-get install cowthink\r\nyum install cowthink<\/pre>\n
Output<\/h5>\n
root@tecmint:~# cowthink ....Linux is sooo funny\r\n _________________________\r\n( ....Linux is sooo funny )\r\n -------------------------\r\n        o   ^__^\r\n         o  (oo)\\_______\r\n            (__)\\       )\\\/\\\r\n                ||----w |\r\n                ||     ||<\/pre>\n
8. Command: yes<\/h3>\n
It is funny but useful as well, specially in scripts and for\u00a0System Administrators<\/strong>\u00a0where an automated predefined response can be passed to terminal or generated.<\/p>\n
root@tecmint:~# yes I Love Linux\r\n\r\nI Love Linux\r\nI Love Linux\r\nI Love Linux\r\nI Love Linux\r\nI Love Linux\r\nI Love Linux\r\nI Love Linux\r\nI Love Linux\r\nI Love Linux\r\nI Love Linux\r\nI Love Linux\r\nI Love Linux<\/pre>\n
Note<\/strong>: (Till you interrupt i.e\u00a0ctrl+c<\/strong>).<\/p>\n
9. Command: toilet<\/h3>\n
what? Are u kidding, huhh no! Definitely not, but for sure this command name itself is too funny, and I don\u2019t know from where this command gets it\u2019s name.<\/p>\n
Install toilet<\/h4>\n
root@tecmint:~# apt-get install toilet \r\nroot@tecmint:~# yum install toilet<\/pre>\n
Output<\/h5>\n
root@tecmint:~# toilet tecmint \r\n\r\nmmmmmmm                        \"             m                               \r\n   #     mmm    mmm   mmmmm  mmm    m mm   mm#mm          mmm    mmm   mmmmm \r\n   #    #\"  #  #\"  \"  # # #    #    #\"  #    #           #\"  \"  #\" \"#  # # # \r\n   #    #\"\"\"\"  #      # # #    #    #   #    #           #      #   #  # # # \r\n   #    \"#mm\"  \"#mm\"  # # #  mm#mm  #   #    \"mm    #    \"#mm\"  \"#m#\"  # # #<\/pre>\n
It even offers some kind of color and fonts style.<\/p>\n
root@tecmint:~# toilet -f mono12 -F metal Tecmint.com<\/pre>\n
\n
\"install<\/a><\/p>\n
toilet command<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Note<\/strong>:\u00a0Figlet<\/strong>\u00a0is another command that more or less provide such kind of effect in terminal.<\/p>\n
10. Command: cmatrix<\/h3>\n
You might have seen Hollywood movie \u2018matrix<\/strong>\u2018 and would be fascinated with power,\u00a0Neo<\/strong>\u00a0was provided with, to see anything and everything in matrix or you might think of an animation that looks alike\u00a0Hacker<\/strong>\u2018s desktop.<\/p>\n
Install cmatrix<\/h4>\n
root@tecmint:~# apt-get install cmatrix\r\nroot@tecmint:~# yum install cmatrix<\/pre>\n
Output<\/h5>\n
root@tecmint:~# cmatrix<\/pre>\n
\n
\"cmatrix<\/a><\/p>\n
cmatrix command<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
11. Command: oneko<\/h3>\n
OK so you believe that mouse pointer of Linux is the same silly black\/white pointer where no animation lies then I fear you could be wrong. \u201coneko<\/strong>\u201c\u009d is a package that will attach a \u201cJerry<\/strong>\u201c\u009d with you mouse pointer and moves along with you pointer.<\/p>\n
Install oneko<\/h4>\n
root@tecmint:~# apt-get install oneko\r\nroot@tecmint:~# yum install oneko<\/pre>\n
Output<\/h5>\n
root@tecmint:~# oneko<\/pre>\n
\n
\"install<\/a><\/p>\n
oneko command<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Note<\/strong>: Once you close the terminal from which\u00a0oneko<\/strong>\u00a0was run,\u00a0jerry<\/strong>\u00a0will disappear, nor will start at start-up. You can add the application to start up and continue enjoying.<\/p>\n
12. Fork Bomb<\/h3>\n
This is a very nasty piece of code. Run this at\u00a0your own risk<\/strong>. This actually is a fork bomb which exponentially multiplies itself till all the system resource is utilized and the system hangs. (To check the power of above code you should try it once, but all at your own risk, close and save all other programs and file before running\u00a0fork bomb<\/strong>).<\/p>\n
root@tecmint:~# :(){ :|:& }:\r\n<\/pre>\n
13. Command: while<\/h3>\n
The below \u201cwhile\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0command is a script which provides you with colored date and file till you interrupt (ctrl + c<\/strong>). Just copy and paste the below code in terminal.<\/p>\n
root@tecmint:~# while true; do echo \"$(date '+%D %T' | toilet -f term -F border --gay)\"; sleep 1; done<\/pre>\n
\n
\"Linux<\/a><\/p>\n
Linux while command<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Note<\/strong>: The above script when modified with following command, will gives similar output but with a little difference, check it in your terminal.<\/p>\n
root@tecmint:~# while true; do clear; echo \"$(date '+%D %T' | toilet -f term -F border --gay)\"; sleep 1; done<\/pre>\n
14. Command: espeak<\/h3>\n
Just Turn the Knob of your multimedia speaker to full before pasting this command in your terminal and let us know how you felt listening the god\u2019s voice.<\/p>\n
Install espeak<\/h4>\n
root@tecmint:~# apt-get install espeak\r\nroot@tecmint:~# yum install espeak<\/pre>\n
Output<\/h5>\n
root@tecmint:~# espeak \"Tecmint is a very good website dedicated to Foss Community\"<\/pre>\n
15. Command: aafire<\/h3>\n
How about fire in your terminal. Just type \u201caafire<\/strong>\u201d in the terminal, without quotes and see the magic. Press any key to interrupt the program.<\/p>\n
Install aafire<\/h4>\n
root@tecmint:~# apt-get install libaa-bin<\/pre>\n
Output<\/h5>\n
root@tecmint:~# aafire<\/pre>\n
\n
\"install<\/a><\/p>\n
aafire command<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
16. Command: bb<\/h3>\n
First install \u201capt-get insatll bb<\/strong>\u201d and then, type \u201cbb<\/strong>\u201d in terminal and see what happens.<\/p>\n
root@tecmint:~# bb<\/pre>\n
\n
\"bb<\/a><\/p>\n
bb command<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
17. Command: url<\/h3>\n
Won\u2019t it be an awesome feeling for you if you can update you\u00a0twitter status<\/strong>\u00a0from command line in front of your friend and they seems impressed. OK just replace\u00a0username<\/strong>,\u00a0password<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0your status message<\/strong>\u00a0with your\u2019s\u00a0username<\/strong>,\u00a0password<\/strong>\u00a0and \u201cyour status message<\/strong>\u201c.<\/p>\n
root@tecmint:~# url -u YourUsername:YourPassword -d status=\"Your status message\" http:\/\/twitter.com\/statuses\/update.xml<\/pre>\n
18. ASCIIquarium<\/h3>\n
How it will be to get an\u00a0aquarium<\/strong>\u00a0in terminal.<\/p>\n
root@tecmint:~# apt-get install libcurses-perl\r\nroot@tecmint:~# cd \/tmp \r\nroot@tecmint:~# wget http:\/\/search.cpan.org\/CPAN\/authors\/id\/K\/KB\/KBAUCOM\/Term-Animation-2.4.tar.gz\r\nroot@tecmint:~# tar -zxvf Term-Animation-2.4.tar.gz\r\nroot@tecmint:~# cd Term-Animation-2.4\/\r\nroot@tecmint:~# perl Makefile.PL &&  make &&   make test\r\nroot@tecmint:~# make install<\/pre>\n
Install ASCIIquarium<\/h5>\n
Now Download and Install\u00a0ASCIIquarium<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
root@tecmint:~# cd \/tmp\r\nroot@tecmint:~# wget http:\/\/www.robobunny.com\/projects\/asciiquarium\/asciiquarium.tar.gz\r\nroot@tecmint:~# tar -zxvf asciiquarium.tar.gz\r\nroot@tecmint:~# cd asciiquarium_1.1\/\r\nroot@tecmint:~# cp asciiquarium \/usr\/local\/bin\r\nroot@tecmint:~# chmod 0755 \/usr\/local\/bin\/asciiquarium<\/pre>\n
And finally run \u201casciiquarium<\/strong>\u201d or \u201c\/usr\/local\/bin\/asciiquarium<\/strong>\u201c\u009d in terminal without quotes and be a part of magic that will be taking place in front of your eyes.<\/p>\n
root@tecmint:~# asciiquarium<\/pre>\n
\n
\"install<\/a><\/p>\n
aquarium command<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
19. Command: funny manpages<\/h3>\n
First install \u201capt-get install funny-manpages<\/strong>\u201d and then run man pages for the commands below. Some of them may be\u00a018+<\/strong>, run at your own risk, they all are too funny.<\/p>\n
baby\r\ncelibacy\r\ncondom\r\ndate\r\necho\r\nflame\r\nflog\r\ngong\r\ngrope, egrope, fgrope \r\nparty \r\nrescrog \r\nrm\r\nrtfm\r\ntm\r\nuubp\r\nwoman (undocumented)\r\nxkill \r\nxlart \r\nsex \r\nstrfry<\/pre>\n
root@tecmint:~# man baby<\/pre>\n
20. Linux Tweaks<\/h3>\n
It is time for you to have some one liner\u00a0tweaks<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
root@tecmint:~# world\r\n\r\nbash: world: not found<\/pre>\n
root@tecmint:~# touch girls\\ boo** \r\n\r\ntouch: cannot touch `girls boo**': Permission denied<\/pre>\n
root@tecmint:~# nice man woman\r\n\r\nNo manual entry for woman<\/pre>\n
root@tecmint:~# ^How did the sex change operation go?^ \r\n\r\nbash: :s^How did the sex change operation go?^ : substitution failed<\/pre>\n
root@tecmint:~# %blow \r\n\r\nbash: fg: %blow: no such job<\/pre>\n
root@tecmint:~# make love \r\n\r\nmake: *** No rule to make target `love'.  Stop.<\/pre>\n
$ [ whereis my brain?                    \r\nsh: 2: [: missing ]<\/pre>\n
% man: why did you get a divorce? \r\nman:: Too many arguments.<\/pre>\n
% !:say, what is saccharine? \r\nBad substitute.<\/pre>\n
server@localhost:\/srv$ \\(- \r\nbash: (-: command not found<\/pre>\n
Linux is sexy:\u00a0who | grep -i blonde | date; cd ~; unzip; touch; strip; finger; mount; gasp; yes; uptime; umount; sleep<\/strong>\u00a0(If you know what i mean)<\/p>\n
There are certain other but these don\u2019t work on all the system and hence not included in this article. Some of them are man\u00a0dog<\/strong>\u00a0,\u00a0filter<\/strong>,\u00a0banner<\/strong>, etc.<\/p>\n
Have fun, you can say me thanks later \ud83d\ude42 yup your comment is highly appreciated which encourages us write more. Tell us which command you liked the most. Stay tuned i will be back soon with another article worth reading.<\/p>\n
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