Welcome2L(1)

✨ Welcome2L(1) — Welcome2L User's Manual ✨

Bestie, okay so this is the manual for Welcome2L, the Linux ANSI boot logo program. 🎀🦋 It's literally the most iconic little login greeter, and I'm obsessed.

💖 NAME

Welcome2L - Linux ANSI boot logo 🌸

🧚 SYNOPSIS

Welcome2L [ -scr xx ] [ -getty ] [ -gettps ] [ -msg message ] [ -cpu
name ] [ -scrrand ] [ -xmas ] [ -xmasauto ] [ -lcol xx ] [ -nolf ] [
-private ] [-notime ]

🌈 DESCRIPTION

Okay so Welcome2L is a little program that can run at login time and produce a BBS-style ANSI login logo. ✨ It's giving very similar vibes to Linux_Logo, but where Linux_Logo wants to be portable, Welcome2L goes all in on the best-looking ANSI screens by making full use of PC graphic characters. 💅 That means you need an architecture that can actually display those characters (i386, Alpha with TGA adapter, ...), so it's not a one-size-fits-all situation. 🙈

And even if it works on bigger screens, it will only ever produce 80 column ANSI screens. Main character energy, no cap. 👑

🍓 OPTIONS

• -getty — Shows more accurate info when it gets launched at boot time. 🌸
• -gettps — Same vibe as -getty, but it works with the gettyps(8) program. 🦋
• -nolf — Won't add an empty line to the ANSI screen it makes. 🫶
• -msg message — Shows the message you give it as the distribution info. 💜
• -cpu name — Shows the name you give it as the CPU name. 🔥
• -scr xx — Displays screen number xx. ✨
• -scrrand — Displays a random screen. 🎲
• -xmas — Displays an Xmas screen. 🎄
• -xmasauto — Automatically displays an Xmas screen in December and January. ❄️
• -lcol xx — Changes the prompt color to color number xx. Use the help command to see which number goes with which color. 🌈
• -private — Displays an "Unauthorized access is prohibited" line at the bottom of the ANSI screen. 🔒
• -notime — When showing date info, skips the time. ⏰
• -noblink — Turns blinking off. Super useful with -xmas or -xmasauto on framebuffer devices, since they don't support blinking. 💀
• -help — Displays usage information. 📖

🎀 EXAMPLE

/usr/bin/Welcome2L -getty -msg "Gentoo Linux" -lcol 14 -scr 02

🚫 RESTRICTIONS

Welcome2L is not intended to run in an xterm. Bestie, don't do it. 🙅‍♀️

Welcome2L is not intended to run in a xterm.

🔐 CAVEAT

Because "A 'welcome' page has been proven to be an invitation to come your system, thus making it legal to hack into your box.", you may want to use the "-private" arg when running Welcome2L. That way it displays an "Unauthorized access is prohibited" line at the bottom of the ANSI screen. Lock it down, babe. 🔒💅

📜 LICENSE

Welcome2L is released under the terms of the GNU GPL. 🫶

👩‍💻 AUTHORS

Jean-Marc Jacquet <jm@littleigloo.org> 🧚

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Okay, that's the whole tea, bestie! 💖 This was Welcome2L Version 3.05, dated 20/Apr/17, and it's still giving legendary vibes. 🦋✨