NAME

       linux_logo - Color ANSI penguin logo w/ system information.

SYNOPSIS

       linux_logo  [-h  | -v ] [-a ] [ -b | -c] [-d] [-D file] [-e file] [-f] [-g | -l] [-k] [-i] [-n] [-p] [-s]
       [-u] [-x] [-y] [-o Num] [-t string] [-L num | list | random_xy] [-F format]

DESCRIPTION

       linux_logo is a program that generates a color ANSI picture of  a  penguin  which  includes  some  system
       information obtained from the /proc filesystem.

OPTIONS

       -h     Show summary of options.

       -v     Show version of program.

       -ascii -a
              Display the logo as monochrome ascii.

       -banner -b
              Display the banner-style logo.

       -classic -c
              Display the original penguin logo.

       -d     Disable "prettying" of output

       -D filename
              Use logo from "filename"

       -e filename
              Use cpuinfo from "filename" for debugging purposes

       -f     Force the screen clear before drawing the logo.

       -F STRING
              Use custom output STRING for sysinfo.  See below for more info.

       -g     Display only the system information.

       -i     Ignore the ~/.linux_logo and /etc/linux_logo.conf config files

       -k     Keep sysinfo flushed-left (non-centered)

       -l     Display only the logo.

       -L ... Custom logo options.  See README

       -o Num Shift output Num spaces to the right

       -p     Preserve cursor location

       -s     Skip the BogoMips test [ speeds up display on non-Linux platforms ].

       -t string
              Display an arbitrary string

       -u     Display the system uptime.

       -w val Set screen width to val

       -y     Display the load average.

PROCESSOR INFORMATION

   CPUINFO
       The  cpuinfo  supplied  in /proc/cpuinfo is not always usable by linux_logo.  In the relevant sysinfo_x.c
       file there is a place to add custom output formatting to "beautify" the cpuinfo. For instance "K6 (166  -
       266)" is parsed to "K6". Formats have been added for the K6 and certain Cyrix microprocessors.

       If the cpuinfo for your microprocessor generates ugly output, send the output from your /proc/cpuinfo and
       a sample of how it should look to the author.

       Unfortunately the 2.0.x kernels don't know about newer chips.  So to get  linux_logo  to  recognize  your
       Pentium  II  and  newer chips you must find some piece of information in /proc/cpuinfo that distinguishes
       them from a pentium pro, or upgrade to a 2.2.x or 2.3.x kernel.

   FORMAT
       The format string special sequences start with # (use ## to print #). All other  characters,  except  for
       \n,  are printed as is.

       Seq   Description               Output
       ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
       ##                              #
       #B    Bogomips                  374.37
       #C    Compiled Date             #47 Fri Jan 8 10:37:09 EST 1999
       #E    User Text                 My Favorite Linux Distribution
             Displayed with -t
       #H    Hostname                  deranged
       #L    Load average              Load average 0.04, 0.01, 0.01
       #M    Megahertz                 188Mhz
             where supported
       #N    Number of CPU's           Two
       #O    OS Name                   Linux
       #P    Processor or Processors   Processor
       #R    Ram                       64M
             in Megabytes
       #S    Plural                    s
       #T    Type of CPU               K6
       #U    Uptime                    Uptime 10 hours 59 minutes
       #V    Version of OS             2.2.0-pre5
       #X    CPU Vendor                AMD
       \\n   carriage return

       Notes:

       •   The letter after the # must be capitalized.

       •   Options not available are silently ignored.

       •   Megahertz only available on some platforms and newer kernels.

       •   See defaults.h on how to have #N report in non-english numbers.

       •   Plural [#S] gives nothing if there is 1 cpu, gives 's' otherwise.

       •   The "-y" and "-u" [display uptime and load average] command line options don't affect the output if a
           custom format is used.

       The default banner format is:

       "#O Version #V, Compiled #C\n \
       #N #M#X#T Processor#S, #R RAM, #B Bogomips Total\n \
       #H\n"

       The default banner format displays the following on the author's computer:

                          Linux Version 2.2.0-pre5, Compiled #47 Fri Jan 8 10:37:09 EST 1999

                             One 188MHz AMD K6 Processor, 64M RAM, 374.37 Bogomips Total
                                                       deranged
       Another example would be:

       linux_logo -F "Redhat Linux 5.2\nKernel Version #V\n#U\n#L\n"

       which would display:

                                                   Redhat Linux 5.2
                                               Kernel Version 2.2.0-pre5
                                               Uptime 11 hours 4 minutes
                                             Load average 0.00, 0.00, 0.00

DEBIAN

       The Debian pre-packaged version of linux_logo includes the Debian logo in addition to the  'Classic'  and
       'Banner'  logos.  The  Debian  logo is the default logo unless one of the other logos is specified on the
       command line.

CONFIG FILES

       ~/.linux_logo and /etc/linux_logo.conf can be filled with command line options and will be parsed  before
       the actual command line

SEE ALSO

       /usr/share/doc/linuxlogo/, http://www.deater.net/weave

AUTHOR

       Vince Weaver
              <vince@deater.net>.

       This manual page was written by Steve Kostecke <steve@debian.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system.