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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] [-n] [-p] [-s] [-u] [-x] [-y] [-o Num] [-t  string]
       [-L num | NAME | list | random_xy] [-F format]

DESCRIPTION

       linux_logo  is  a  program  that  generates  a  color ANSI picture of a
       penguin which includes some system information obtained from the  /proc
       filesystem.

OPTIONS

       -h     Show summary of options.

       -v     Show version of program.

       -ascii -a
              Display the logo as monochrome ascii.

       -banner -b
              Display the banner-style logo.

       -classic -c
              Display the original penguin logo.

       -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 infomation.

       -i     Ignore the ~/.linux_logo and /etc/linux_logo.conf config files

       -k     Keep sysinfo flushed-left (non-centered)

       -l     Display only the logo.

       -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.

       If the cpuinfo for your microprocessor generates ugly output, send  the
       output from your /proc/cpuinfo to the author.

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

       Seq   Description               Output
       ----------------------------------------------------------------
       ##                              #
       #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                       64M
             in Megabytes
       #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:

       ·   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.

       ·   "-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.

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

       /usr/doc/linux_logo, http://www.deater.net/weave

AUTHOR

       Vince Weaver
              <vince@deater.net>.

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