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sm

Displays a short message fullscreen. More information: https://github.com/nomeata/screen-message.
  • Display a message in full-screen:
    sm "{{Hello World!}}"
  • Display a message with inverted colors:
    sm -i "{{Hello World!}}"
  • Display a message with a custom foreground color:
    sm -f {{blue}} "{{Hello World!}}"
  • Display a message with a custom background color:
    sm -b {{#008888}} "{{Hello World!}}"
  • Display a message rotated 3 times (in steps of 90 degrees, counterclockwise):
    sm -r {{3}} "{{Hello World!}}"
  • Display a message using the output from another command:
    {{echo "Hello World!"}} | sm -

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