Get a nice urxvt windows with a fixed font and lovely colors.
urxvt -fn "fixed" +sr +st -fg "#FFFFFF" -bg "#000033" -bd "#302c64" \ -ip +sb -title "*-Home-${HOME}-Shell-${SHELL}-Display-${DISPLAY}*" \ -tint DarkSlateGrey -fade 50 -fadecolor red |
Put a nice real time updating digital clock on your desktop.
xclock -update 1 -digital -strftime "%H:%M:%S-%A-%d-%b" & |
Put a nice analogue clock on your desktop.
oclock -minute DarkSlateGrey -hour DarkOrange -fg DarkViolet -bg SlateGrey -jewel LightSteelBlue |
Print the date in a notification bubble.
notify-send "`date`" |
The notify-send command would be very useful in a script. This would pop up a notification when the script has successfully completed and given some output.
The xkbvleds command is a utility that will display some green boxes that will light up when a keyboard key such as Num Lock or scroll lock is engaged.
Another way to print a notification when a script has completed.
xmessage "Hello, you script is done. Check the directory for some output." |
Print the date in an xmessage dialog.
xmessage "`date`" |
Read text from the clipboard and print it to the terminal.
xclip -selection clipboard -o ; echo ; echo |
Use this command to install this utility.
sudo apt install xclip |