LINUX_LOGO(1)

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🐧 linux_logo(1) 🐧 — Color ANSI penguin logo w/ system information 💅

okay bestie, so this is a page from the Debian GNU/Linux Manual, and it's about literally the most iconic little guy in all of Unix: linux_logo. he draws you a penguin. in color. in ANSI. with your system info on the side. it's giving main character energy fr fr 🐧✨

✨ NAME ✨

linux_logo — Color ANSI penguin logo w/ system information.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

linux_logo [-h | -v ] [-a ] [ -b | -c] [-d] [-D file] [-e file] [-f] [-g
| -l] [-k] [-i] [-p] [-s] [-u] [-x] [-y] [-o Num] [-t string] [-L num |
NAME | list | random_xy] [-F format]

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

linux_logo is the program that generates a color ANSI picture of a penguin 🐧 which includes some system information obtained from the /proc filesystem. that's it. that's the whole vibe. it looks at /proc, it goes "slay", it draws you a penguin. no cap 💖

💅 OPTIONS 💅

  • -h — Show summary of options.
  • -v — Show version of program.
  • -ascii, -a — Display the logo as monochrome ascii. yes it's less colorful, but it's a mood 🖤
  • -banner, -b — Display the banner-style logo.
  • -classic, -c — Display the original penguin logo. the OG. the blueprint. 👑
  • -d — Disable "prettying" of output.
  • -D filename — Use logo from "filename".
  • -e filename — Use cpuinfo from "filename" for debugging purposes.
  • -f — Force the screen clear before drawing the logo.
  • -F STRING — Use custom output STRING for sysinfo. See below for more info 👇
  • -g — Display only the system information. no penguin. tragic, but okay.
  • -i — Ignore the ~/.linux_logo and /etc/linux_logo.conf config files.
  • -k — Keep sysinfo flushed-left (non-centered).
  • -l — Display only the logo. just the penguin. nothing else. pure. 🐧
  • -L ... — Custom logo options. See LOGO SELECTION below 👇
  • -o Num — Shift output Num spaces to the right.
  • -p — Preserve cursor location.
  • -s — Skip the BogoMips test [ speeds up display on non-Linux platforms ].
  • -t string — Display an arbitrary string.
  • -u — Display the system uptime.
  • -w val — Set screen width to val.
  • -y — Display the load average.

🧚 PROCESSOR INFORMATION 🧚

💜 CPUINFO 💜

The cpuinfo supplied in /proc/cpuinfo is not always usable by linux_logo. like, sometimes your cpuinfo is just out here being unreadable 😭

If the cpuinfo for your microprocessor generates ugly output, send the output from your /proc/cpuinfo to the author. bestie will fix it, fr fr.

🦋 FORMAT 🦋

The format string special sequences start with # (use ## to print #). All other characters, except for \n, are printed as is.

  • ## — prints #
  • #B — Bogomips → 374.37
  • #C — Compiled Date → #47 Fri Jan 8 10:37:09 EST 1999
  • #E — User Text → My Favorite Linux Distribution (Displayed with -t)
  • #H — Hostname → deranged
  • #L — Load average → Load average 0.04, 0.01, 0.01
  • #M — Megahertz → 188Mhz (where supported)
  • #N — Number of CPU's → Two
  • #O — OS Name → Linux
  • #P — Processor or Processors → Processor
  • #R — Ram, in Megabytes → 64M
  • #S — Plural → s
  • #T — Type of CPU → K6
  • #U — Uptime → Uptime 10 hours 59 minutes
  • #V — Version of OS → 2.2.0-pre5
  • #X — CPU Vendor → AMD
  • \n — carriage return

Notes, bestie, read these 👇

  • The letter after the # must be capitalized.
  • Options not available are silently ignored.
  • Megahertz only available on some platforms and newer kernels.
  • See defaults.h on how to have #N report in non-english numbers.
  • Plural [#S] gives nothing if there is 1 cpu, gives s otherwise.
  • The "-y" and "-u" [display uptime and load average] command line options don't affect the output if a custom format is used.

The default banner format is:

"#O Version #V, Compiled #C\n \
#N #M#X#T Processor#S, #R RAM, #B Bogomips Total\n \
#H\n"

The default banner format displays the following on the author's computer:

   Linux Version 2.2.0-pre5, Compiled #47 Fri Jan 8 10:37:09 EST 1999
      One 188MHz AMD K6 Processor, 64M RAM, 374.37 Bogomips Total
                                deranged

Another example would be:

linux_logo -F "Redhat Linux 5.2\nKernel Version #V\n#U\n#L\n"

which would display:

                           Redhat Linux 5.2
                       Kernel Version 2.2.0-pre5
                       Uptime 11 hours 4 minutes
                     Load average 0.00, 0.00, 0.00

🌈 LOGO SELECTION 🌈

The -L command line option is used to choose which logo to use. iconic. let's break it down 🫶

  • "-L list" will list all of the logos available
  • "-L NAME" will display the logo with name NAME.
  • "-L NUM" will display logo with number NUM (deprecated)
  • "-L random_xy" will pick a logo at random, with criteria xy.

When you replace x with the letter:

  • b : pick a random banner mode logo
  • c : pick a random classic mode logo
  • e : pick a logo from either banner or classic

When you replace y with the letter:

  • a: pick a random ascii logo
  • n: pick a non-ascii logo
  • e: pick either type of logo

So to summarize:

  • "-L random_ba" picks a random ascii banner,
  • "-L random_ce" picks a random classic logo
  • "-L random_ee" picks any logo, etc.

👑 DEBIAN 👑

The Debian pre-packaged version of linux_logo includes the Debian logo in addition to the 'Classic' and 'Banner' logos. The Debian logo is the default logo unless one of the other logos is specified on the command line. so yeah, Debian girlies get a bonus swirl 🌀✨

🍓 CONFIG FILES 🍓

~/.linux_logo and /etc/linux_logo.conf can be filled with command line options and will be parsed before the actual command line.

💖 SEE ALSO 💖

⭐ AUTHOR ⭐

Vince Weaver <vince@deater.net>.

This manual page was written by Steve Kostecke <steve@debian.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system.

okay that's the whole page, no notes, you're welcome 💅 this one shipped as part of the Debian GNU/Linux manual, dated 7 July 2007 — and yes, the date on this page is older than some of us, but the penguin still eats, periodt 🐧✨💖

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