4 examples for figlet

  # Show demo of available figlet/toilet fonts
for i in ${TOILET_FONT_PATH:=/usr/share/figlet}/*.{t,f}lf; do j=${i##*/}; toilet -d "${i%/*}" -f "$j" "${j%.*}"; done
        

  # Writes out Hey there and prepends a comment which makes the output copy
# pastable into a dot file or a shell script.
figlet "Hey there" | sed -e 's/^/#/'
        

  # Bro... just show me all the fonts I have
(
  export __FIGLET_FONT_PATH="/usr/share/figlet/";
  export __FIGLET_TEXT="Hello World";
  ls "$__FIGLET_FONT_PATH" | while read font_path ; do
    font_filename=$( echo "$font_path" | sed 's/^.*\///g' );
    echo "font: figlet -f \"$font_filename\" \"$__FIGLET_TEXT\"";
    figlet -d "$__FIGLET_FONT_PATH" -f "$font_filename" "$__FIGLET_TEXT" 2>&1;
    echo ;
  done;
  unset __FIGLET_FONT_PATH;
  unset __FIGLET_TEXT;
) | more
        

  # Print an out of this world Hello World
figlet "Hello World"