screenFetch - The Bash Screenshot Information Tool

What is 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.

How do I get screenFetch?

Arch Linux

1. Install screenfetch-git or screenfetch from the AUR. That's it!

Mageia

1. Install screenfetch from the official repositories with urpmi or rpmdrake. e.g. # urpmi screenfetch

Mac

1. Run brew install screenfetch after installing Homebrew

Gentoo or Sabayon

1. Emerge screenfetch from portage using emerge screenfetch
2. Sabayon users can install screenfetch from entropy using 'equo install screenfetch'

Ubuntu (>14.04) and Debian (testing/unstable)

1. Install: apt-get install screenfetch
2. There is also a PPA for Ubuntu located at https://launchpad.net/%7Edjcj/+archive/ubuntu/screenfetch

FreeBSD

1. screenfetch can be installed by using the ports system.

Others

1. Download the latest source. Found at http://git.silverirc.com/cgit.cgi/screenfetch.git/plain/screenfetch-dev
2. In a terminal, make the file executable by doing the following: chmod +x /path/to/screenfetch/screenfetch-dev
3. 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.

Running screenfetch

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 specified on the command line, and those are shown below or by executing screenFetch -h:

  -v                 Verbose output.
  -o 'OPTIONS'       Allows for setting script variables on the
                     command line. Must be in the following format...
                     'OPTION1="OPTIONARG1";OPTION2="OPTIONARG2"'
  -n                 Do not display ASCII distribution logo.
  -N                 Strip all color from output.
  -t                 Truncate output based on terminal width (Experimental!).
  -p                 Output in portrait mode, with logo above info.
  -s(m)              Using this flag tells the script that you want it
                     to take a screenshot. Use the -m flag if you would like
                     to move it to a new location afterwards.
  -c string          You may change the outputted colors with -c. The format is
                     as follows: [0-9][0-9],[0-9][0-9]. The first argument controls the
                     ASCII logo colors and the label colors. The second argument
                     controls the colors of the information found. One argument may be
                     used without the other.
  -S '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.
  -A 'DISTRO'        Here you can specify the distribution art that you want
                     displayed. This is for when you want your distro
                     detected but want to display a different logo.
  -E                 Suppress output of errors.
  -V, --version      Display current script version.
  -h, --help         Display this help.

Contact Me

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 [email protected] or you can connect to Rizon and reach me at irc://irc.rizon.net/screenFetch