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Created September 30, 2013 12:57
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Show all ASCII art figlet fonts installed on your system using the font itself
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figfonts.sh
#!/bin/sh
figlist | awk '/fonts/ {f=1;next} /control/ {f=0} f {print}' | while read font; do
echo "=== $font ==="
echo $font | figlet -f $font
done | less
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Use custom text instead of font name:

#!/bin/sh
figlist | awk '/fonts/ {f=1;next} /control/ {f=0} f {print}' | while read font; do
  echo "=== $font ==="
  if [[ $# != 1 ]]; then
    echo $font | figlet -f $font
  else
    echo $1 | figlet -f $font
  fi
done | less

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