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		<title>Pio2pio at 22:43, 23 April 2014</title>
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				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l77&quot;&gt;Line 77:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;  | |___| \__ \ (_| (_) | |___| | | | | |_| |&amp;gt;  &amp;lt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;  | |___| \__ \ (_| (_) | |___| | | | | |_| |&amp;gt;  &amp;lt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;   \____|_|___/\___\___/|_____|_|_| |_|\__,_/_/\_\&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;   \____|_|___/\___\___/|_____|_|_| |_|\__,_/_/\_\&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;= References =&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;*[https://www.linux.com/learn/docs/686943-linux-tips-fun-with-figlet-and-toilet Linux Tips: Fun With the Figlet And Toilet Commands] &lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;*[http://www.securitygeeks.net/2012/11/ascii-art-generators-linux-backtrack.html Ascii Art Generators Linux | Backtrack]&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Category:linux]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Category:linux]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>Pio2pio at 11:14, 13 April 2014</title>
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		<updated>2014-04-13T11:14:39Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;  | |___| \__ \ (_| (_) | |___| | | | | |_| |&amp;gt;  &amp;lt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;  | |___| \__ \ (_| (_) | |___| | | | | |_| |&amp;gt;  &amp;lt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;   \____|_|___/\___\___/|_____|_|_| |_|\__,_/_/\_\&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;   \____|_|___/\___\___/|_____|_|_| |_|\__,_/_/\_\&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Category:linux]]&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>Pio2pio: Created page with &quot;FIGlet is a program for creating Linux ASCII text banners. It may come pre-installed within your distribution but if not install a FIGlet utility.  = Install = In Ubuntu, Debi...&quot;</title>
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		<updated>2014-04-13T11:14:06Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Created page with &amp;quot;FIGlet is a program for creating Linux ASCII text banners. It may come pre-installed within your distribution but if not install a FIGlet utility.  = Install = In Ubuntu, Debi...&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;FIGlet is a program for creating Linux ASCII text banners. It may come pre-installed within your distribution but if not install a FIGlet utility.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
= Install =&lt;br /&gt;
In Ubuntu, Debian, Linux Mint etc.&lt;br /&gt;
 $ sudo apt-get install figlet&lt;br /&gt;
In CentOS, RHEL, Fedora etc.&lt;br /&gt;
 $ yum install figlet&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
= Generate ASCII Text Banners =&lt;br /&gt;
;Default output&lt;br /&gt;
 $ figlet CiscoLinux.co.uk&lt;br /&gt;
   ____ _               _     _                                   _&lt;br /&gt;
  / ___(_)___  ___ ___ | |   (_)_ __  _   ___  __  ___ ___  _   _| | __&lt;br /&gt;
 | |   | / __|/ __/ _ \| |   | | '_ \| | | \ \/ / / __/ _ \| | | | |/ /&lt;br /&gt;
 | |___| \__ \ (_| (_) | |___| | | | | |_| |&amp;gt;  &amp;lt; | (_| (_) | |_| |   &amp;lt;&lt;br /&gt;
  \____|_|___/\___\___/|_____|_|_| |_|\__,_/_/\_(_)___\___(_)__,_|_|\_\&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
;Change the font&lt;br /&gt;
To change the font, use the &amp;lt;tt&amp;gt;'''-f'''&amp;lt;/tt&amp;gt; option, for example :&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 $ figlet -f digital CiscoLinux.co.uk&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+&lt;br /&gt;
 |C|i|s|c|o|L|i|n|u|x|.|c|o|.|u|k|&lt;br /&gt;
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Use the &amp;lt;tt&amp;gt;'''-c'''&amp;lt;/tt&amp;gt; option if you would prefer '''centred''' output :&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 $ figlet -c &amp;quot;CiscoLinux.co.uk&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
;List FIGlet Fonts&lt;br /&gt;
 $ showfigfonts&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
;Download additional fonts&lt;br /&gt;
 $ wget http://www.figlet.org/fonts/univers.flf or wget http://www.jave.de/figlet/figletfonts40.zip&lt;br /&gt;
 $ unzip figletfonts40.zip&lt;br /&gt;
 $ figlet -f fonts/isometric3.flf &amp;quot;Linux&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
                                ___           ___           ___&lt;br /&gt;
                  ___          /__/\         /__/\         /__/|&lt;br /&gt;
                 /  /\         \  \:\        \  \:\       |  |:|&lt;br /&gt;
  ___     ___   /  /:/          \  \:\        \  \:\      |  |:|&lt;br /&gt;
 /__/\   /  /\ /__/::\      _____\__\:\   ___  \  \:\   __|__|:|&lt;br /&gt;
 \  \:\ /  /:/ \__\/\:\__  /__/::::::::\ /__/\  \__\:\ /__/::::\____&lt;br /&gt;
  \  \:\  /:/     \  \:\/\ \  \:\~~\~~\/ \  \:\ /  /:/    ~\~~\::::/&lt;br /&gt;
   \  \:\/:/       \__\::/  \  \:\  ~~    \  \:\  /:/      |~~|:|~~&lt;br /&gt;
    \  \::/        /__/:/    \  \:\        \  \:\/:/       |  |:|&lt;br /&gt;
     \__\/         \__\/      \  \:\        \  \::/        |  |:|&lt;br /&gt;
                               \__\/         \__\/         |__|/&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
;Create ASCII Art From Text&lt;br /&gt;
If you would like to display the output of a command using FIGlet, simply pipe the command into FIGlet :&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 $ date +%r | figlet -f banner&lt;br /&gt;
  &lt;br /&gt;
   ###    #####   #  ####### #######  #    ###     ###         #    #     #&lt;br /&gt;
  #   #  #     # ### #       #       ###  #   #   #   #       # #   ##   ##&lt;br /&gt;
 #     #       #  #  #       #        #  #     # #     #     #   #  # # # #&lt;br /&gt;
 #     #  #####      ######  ######      #     # #     #    #     # #  #  #&lt;br /&gt;
 #     #       #  #        #       #  #  #     # #     #    ####### #     #&lt;br /&gt;
  #   #  #     # ### #     # #     # ###  #   #   #   #     #     # #     #&lt;br /&gt;
   ###    #####   #   #####   #####   #    ###     ###      #     # #     #&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 $ echo &amp;quot;WTF ?&amp;quot; | figlet -f smslant&lt;br /&gt;
  _      ____________  ___&lt;br /&gt;
 | | /| / /_  __/ __/ /__ \&lt;br /&gt;
 | |/ |/ / / / / _/    /__/&lt;br /&gt;
 |__/|__/ /_/ /_/     (_)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
;If FIGlet gets its input from a file, use -p option :&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 $ cat myfile&lt;br /&gt;
 CiscoLinux&lt;br /&gt;
 $ figlet -p &amp;lt; myfile&lt;br /&gt;
   ____ _               _     _&lt;br /&gt;
  / ___(_)___  ___ ___ | |   (_)_ __  _   ___  __&lt;br /&gt;
 | |   | / __|/ __/ _ \| |   | | '_ \| | | \ \/ /&lt;br /&gt;
 | |___| \__ \ (_| (_) | |___| | | | | |_| |&amp;gt;  &amp;lt;&lt;br /&gt;
  \____|_|___/\___\___/|_____|_|_| |_|\__,_/_/\_\&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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