How to Display Banners in Linux Command Line

Nov 18, 2015 Linux

Do you want to display cool or funny banners in your Linux console?
Try two commands, which generate banners: banner or figlet.

1. Banner
Install program (CentOS/Fedora/RHEL):

[root@tuxfixer ~]# yum install banner

Print text:

[root@tuxfixer ~]# banner tuxfixer

#######  #     #  #     #  #######  ###  #     #  #######  ######   
   #     #     #   #   #   #         #    #   #   #        #     #  
   #     #     #    # #    #         #     # #    #        #     #  
   #     #     #     #     #####     #      #     #####    ######   
   #     #     #    # #    #         #     # #    #        #   #    
   #     #     #   #   #   #         #    #   #   #        #    #   
   #      #####   #     #  #        ###  #     #  #######  #     #  

2. Figlet
Install program (CentOS/Fedora/RHEL):

[root@tuxfixer ~]# yum install figlet

Print text:

[root@tuxfixer ~]# figlet "Hello World"
 _   _      _ _        __        __         _     _ 
| | | | ___| | | ___   \ \      / /__  _ __| | __| |
| |_| |/ _ \ | |/ _ \   \ \ /\ / / _ \| '__| |/ _` |
|  _  |  __/ | | (_) |   \ V  V / (_) | |  | | (_| |
|_| |_|\___|_|_|\___/     \_/\_/ \___/|_|  |_|\__,_|
                                                    
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