This work has been merged to the main ScreenFetch repository and is currently not being updated. Please use this instead: https://github.com/KittyKatt/screenFetch
screenFetch is a "Bash Screenshot Information Tool". This handy Bash script can be used to generate one of those nifty terminal theme information + ASCII distribution logos you see in everyone's screenshots nowadays. It will auto-detect your distribution and display an ASCII version of that distribution's logo and some valuable information to the right. There are options to specify no ascii art, colors, taking a screenshot upon displaying info, and even customizing the screenshot command! This script is very easy to add to and can easily be extended.
- Download the latest source. Found at https://raw.github.com/shrx/screenFetch/master/screenfetch-dev
- In a terminal, make the file executable by doing the following:
chmod +x /path/to/screenfetch/screenfetch-dev
- Then, either keep it there, or move it to somewhere in your $PATH to make it available without having to use the full path to the script.
To run screenFetch, open a terminal of some sort and type in the command screenFetch
or wherever you saved the script to. This will generate an ascii logo with the
information printed to the side of the logo. There are some options that may be
specifiedon the command line, and those are shown below or by executing screenFetch -h
:
-v Verbose output.
-n Do no display ASCII distribution logo.
-s Using this flag tells the script that you want it to
take a screenshot.
-l Specify that you have a light background. This
turns all white text into dark gray text (in ascii
logos and in information output).
-c 'COMMAND' Here you can specify a custom screenshot command for
the script to execute. Surrounding quotes are required.
-D 'DISTRO' Here you can specify your distribution for the script
to use. Surrounding quotes are required.
-V Display current script version.
-h Display this help.
If you would like to suggest something new, inform me of an issue in the
script, become part of the project, or talk to me about anything else,
you can either email me at differenxeATgmailDOTcom
.
If you want to contact the original author of the script, KittyKatt, you can either email him at kittykattATkittykattDOTus
or you can connect to his IRC server on SilverIRC at irc://kittykatt.silverirc.com/me0wz