figlet

Generate ASCII banners from user input. See also: showfigfonts. More information: <http://www.figlet.org/figlet-man.html>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/figlet.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install figlet
Ubuntu
apt-get install figlet
Alpine
apk add figlet
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S figlet
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install figlet
Fedora
dnf install figlet
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install figlet
OS X
brew install figlet
Raspbian
apt-get install figlet
Dockerfile
dockerfile.run/figlet
Docker
docker run cmd.cat/figlet figlet powered by Commando

Generate ASCII banners from user input. See also: showfigfonts. More information: <http://www.figlet.org/figlet-man.html>.

  • Generate by directly inputting text:
    figlet input_text
  • Use a custom font file:
    figlet input_text -f path/to/font_file.flf
  • Use a font from the default font directory (the extension can be omitted):
    figlet input_text -f font_filename
  • Pipe command output through FIGlet:
    command | figlet
  • Show available FIGlet fonts:
    showfigfonts optional_string_to_display

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