Create Text Effect on Terminal Logging Screen.

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Creating a text effect on the terminal logging screen does not require you to have any software installed (on CentOS). However, “Figlet” can create an attractive text effect accordingly.

Step 1
Download the rpm package with one of the links below. For further reference, I have mentioned md5sum and sha1sum related RPMs.

  1. https://downloadib01.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/8/Everything/x86_64/Packages/f/figlet-2.2.5-18 .20151018gita565ae1.el8.x86_64.rpm
  2. https://github.com/ade9alwis/my_linux_notepad/blob/master/figlet-2.2.5-18.20151018gita565ae1.el8.x86_64.rpm

Step 2

Check that the md5sum or sha1sum is compatible with the mentioned values below.

[root@Serv2020 ~]# md5sum figlet-2.2.5-18.20151018gita565ae1.el8.x86_64.rpm

00b039d3b1eab87ba5e20975f911f771

[root@Serv2020 ~]# sha1sum figlet-2.2.5-18.20151018gita565ae1.el8.x86_64.rpm

3606400f4624e000cb22c75cbb05a6576a6c1aae

Step 3

Install the software that has been download.

yum install figlet

Step 4

Creating and text effect using “figlet”.

Step 5

Copy the generated text above into /etc/motd and save it.

Step 6

Log onto the terminal window using your username and password.

NB:- For any further details, please read the man pages related to “figlet.”

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