How to add a shell greeting with figlet and lolcat

Install the rendering tools

sudo apt install -y figlet lolcat

Append a greeting to your shell rc

echo 'figlet "Welcome $(whoami)" | lolcat' >> ~/.zshrc

For bash, append to ~/.bashrc instead. Reload with source ~/.zshrc or open a new terminal.

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References:

• figlet(6)
• lolcat on GitHub