Figurine, display your hostname in style ¶

Learn how to display a colorful and 3d looking custom text on your shell start screen.

figurine-screenshot

Installing and Configuring Figurine¶

Step : Download and Install Figurine ¶

Download binary and move to /usr/local/bin
wget https://github.com/arsham/figurine/releases/download/v1.3.0/figurine_linux_amd64_v1.3.0.tar.gz -O deploy.tar.gz
tar -xvf deploy.tar.gz
sudo mv deploy/figurine /usr/local/bin

Step : Test Figurine Installation ¶

Run this command to preview
figurine -f "3d.flf" `hostname`

Step : Create the Profile Script ¶

Create file
1	`sudo nano /etc/profile.d/figurine.sh`

Add the following lines to the file:

Change hostname to whatever text you prefer
echo ""
figurine -f "3d.flf" `hostname`
echo ""

Step : Test the Script ¶

Check if its working
1	`sh /etc/profile.d/figurine.sh`

Step : Exit and log back in ¶

Once the file is created, exit your session and login locally or through SSH back in to test it.

Step : Clean Up ¶

Remove leftover files
1	`rm -rf deploy*`