Date: 2016mar9 OS: Linux Keywords: ASCII art Q. Linux: How can I make a sign or banner on the command line? A. The classic is banner:

banner Hello

Which gives:

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

Relative new-comer figlet has many options. Basic usage is simple:

figlet Hello _ _ _ _ | | | | ___| | | ___ | |_| |/ _ \ | |/ _ \ | _ | __/ | | (_) | |_| |_|\___|_|_|\___/

Or use the shadow font

figlet -f shadow Hello | | | | | | _ \ | | _ \ ___ | __/ | | ( | _| _|\___|_|_|\___/

Or bubble:

figlet -f bubble Hello _ _ _ _ _ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ ( H | e | l | l | o ) \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/

To see all the fonts on RedHat/Fedora/CentOS:

rpm -q -l figlet | grep .flc

To install on RedHat/Fedora/CentOS:

dnf install banner figlet

To post a banner on Slack use triple back quotes:

``` / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ ( H | e | l | l | o ) \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/```