How can I print existing ascii-art from a Bash script?

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I've just seen the following ascii art in another question.

          0000_____________0000________0000000000000000__000000000000000000+
        00000000_________00000000______000000000000000__0000000000000000000+
       000____000_______000____000_____000_______0000__00______0+
      000______000_____000______000_____________0000___00______0+
     0000______0000___0000______0000___________0000_____0_____0+
     0000______0000___0000______0000__________0000___________0+
     0000______0000___0000______0000_________000___0000000000+
     0000______0000___0000______0000________0000+
      000______000_____000______000________0000+
       000____000_______000____000_______00000+
        00000000_________00000000_______0000000+
          0000_____________0000________000000007

I have a bash script that I would like to print this from. How can I do that?

This is something I might want to redistribute so to keep things simple, I'd prefer if answers didn't require additional things to be installed.

I don't think anything in the question is unreasonable if you look at it the right way. It's essentially "How do I print this string in Bash?". Once you accept that, installing things that only approximate the desired outcome does seem rather silly. — Oli♦, Oct 28 '15 at 10:55

chaos · Accepted Answer · 2015-10-29 14:58:58Z

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This is the shortest form I was able to produce, that prints exactly that 007 string:

base64 -d <<<"H4sIAJM2MVYAA1NQgAEDIIhHBsgCBmgAU8TAQJsL2SgU41AFiDALYRhUF8I0NAEUCbBZUB7MBGRrUXX
g8DC6CagORwkYtDCDcw3IMwDdOBL1IyRRwpBI7cihTlSYkRRNUHcRnUZgXIQGIlOoOQC/4ufk0gIAAA==" | gunzip

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answered Oct 28 '15 at 21:05

chaos

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Nice should of though of compression :) I guess its possible to compress other things with something like echo string | gzip -cf | base64? – Wilf Oct 28 '15 at 22:26
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@Wilf Just: echo string | gzip | base64 and yes the base64 is just that we have only alphanumeric characters .Btw gzip is very effective in compressing text, as you can see. – chaos Oct 28 '15 at 22:30
this is by far the best solution! – captainblack Feb 24 '19 at 23:26
Note OSX base64 doesn't have the -d option, instead you must use -D – spuder Mar 5 '20 at 21:46

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Wilf · Accepted Answer · 2015-10-28 09:16:09Z

What about just echo?:

echo -e "              0000_____________0000________0000000000000000__000000000000000000+\n            00000000_________00000000______000000000000000__0000000000000000000+\n           000____000_______000____000_____000_______0000__00______0+\n          000______000_____000______000_____________0000___00______0+\n         0000______0000___0000______0000___________0000_____0_____0+\n         0000______0000___0000______0000__________0000___________0+\n         0000______0000___0000______0000_________000___0000000000+\n         0000______0000___0000______0000________0000+\n          000______000_____000______000________0000+\n           000____000_______000____000_______00000+\n            00000000_________00000000_______0000000+\n              0000_____________0000________000000007;"

^{Every newline has been replaced with \n to shove it all into one line}

It won't resize to the terminal though etc (unless you check the terminal width and echo one that is the right size), and it isn't that short either (is there a way to repeat characters better?) but it should work. If you want the colours as well you can use escape codes:

echo -e "\033[31m           0000\033[0m_____________0000________0000000000000000__000000000000000000+\n\033[31m         00000000\033[0m_________00000000______000000000000000__0000000000000000000+\n\033[31m        000\033[0m____000_______000____000_____000_______0000__00______0+\n\033[31m       000\033[0m______000_____000______000_____________0000___00______0+\n\033[31m      0000\033[0m______0000___0000______0000___________0000_____0_____0+\n\033[31m      0000\033[0m______0000___0000______0000__________0000___________0+\n\033[31m      0000\033[0m______0000___0000______0000_________000___0000000000+\n\033[31m      0000\033[0m______0000___0000______0000________0000+\n\033[31m       000\033[0m______000_____000______000________0000+\n\033[31m        000\033[0m____000_______000____000_______00000+\n\033[31m         00000000\033[0m_________00000000_______0000000+\n\033[31m           0000\033[0m_____________0000________000000007;"

By the way you may want to consider copyright and boring stuff depending onhow you are using it - e.g. this version which is similar seems to still be in copyright.

The colors in the question were automatically applied by the syntax highlighter. — Dennis Williamson, Oct 28 '15 at 16:51
@DennisWilliamson - I know, but a) they sort of look quite cool sort and b) its a example of how colours can be used. — Wilf, Oct 28 '15 at 22:18

Dennis Williamson · Accepted Answer · 2015-10-28 16:59:24Z

Put the characters in a file and cat it.

cat 007.txt

Use a "here document"

cat <<EOF
      0000_____________0000________0000000000000000__000000000000000000+
    00000000_________00000000______000000000000000__0000000000000000000+
    . . .
EOF

echo a string with embedded newlines

echo '          0000_____________0000________0000000000000000__000000000000000000+
    00000000_________00000000______000000000000000__0000000000000000000+
    . . .'

The advantage of these approaches is that the art is still readable.

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-13 12:25:10Z

Shamefully borrowing ( aka stealing ) B.Roland's answer , I suggest a package with a colorfull name . . . toilet ! Which you can get with sudo apt-get install toilet and it works roughly like this:

xieerqi:$ toilet 007

  mmmm   mmmm  mmmmmm
 m"  "m m"  "m     #"
 #  m # #  m #    m" 
 #    # #    #   m"  
  #mm#   #mm#   m"

It also supports changing fonts ( located in /usr/share/figlet )

 toilet -f bigascii12  LINUX                                                                                 



 ##         ######   ###   ##  ##    ##  ##    ## 
 ##         ######   ###   ##  ##    ##  :##  ##: 
 ##           ##     ###:  ##  ##    ##   ##  ##  
 ##           ##     ####  ##  ##    ##   :####:  
 ##           ##     ##:#: ##  ##    ##    ####   
 ##           ##     ## ## ##  ##    ##    :##:   
 ##           ##     ## ## ##  ##    ##    :##:   
 ##           ##     ## :#:##  ##    ##    ####   
 ##           ##     ##  ####  ##    ##   :####:  
 ##           ##     ##  :###  ##    ##   ##::##  
 ########   ######   ##   ###  :######:  :##  ##: 
 ########   ######   ##   ###   :####:   ##    ##

thanks =)...I have toilet installed and I am using (funny) commands mentioned here tecmint.com/… — Ravan, Oct 28 '15 at 6:40
@Ravan if I may ask, you specifically want a script that displays only 007 ? Or you want it to be an ascii art generator ? — Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy, Oct 28 '15 at 6:44
Did not know about toilet. Is the program able to put the output into an ascii sequence in order that you put the output into scripts where no toilet is available? — h0ch5tr4355, Oct 28 '15 at 6:54

Ravan · Accepted Answer · 2015-10-28 15:15:31Z

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Install banner package and create a bash script

sudo apt-get install sysvbanner

check below example of command

banner 007

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answered Oct 28 '15 at 6:26

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thanks =), I have idea about banner .I need 007 like in linked post. – Ravan Oct 28 '15 at 6:31

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Pranav V R · Accepted Answer · 2018-03-08 11:43:06Z

Usage

cat << "EOF" 
your_ascii_art 
EOF

See the below example

 cat << "EOF"

      0000_____________0000________0000000000000000__000000000000000000+
    00000000_________00000000______000000000000000__0000000000000000000+
   000____000_______000____000_____000_______0000__00______0+
  000______000_____000______000_____________0000___00______0+
 0000______0000___0000______0000___________0000_____0_____0+
 0000______0000___0000______0000__________0000___________0+
 0000______0000___0000______0000_________000___0000000000+
 0000______0000___0000______0000________0000+
  000______000_____000______000________0000+
   000____000_______000____000_______00000+
    00000000_________00000000_______0000000+
      0000_____________0000________000000007

EOF

Given below some ascii art generator sites.

Ravan · Accepted Answer · 2015-10-29 10:35:00Z

The simplest way of doing this would be to just put the art into a file and then echo it. That way it preserves the original representation in the file, so you can identify it easily!

echo '         0000_____________0000________0000000000000000__000000000000000000+
        00000000_________00000000______000000000000000__0000000000000000000+   
       000____000_______000____000_____000_______0000__00______0+           
      000______000_____000______000_____________0000___00______0+           
     0000______0000___0000______0000___________0000_____0_____0+            
     0000______0000___0000______0000__________0000___________0+             
     0000______0000___0000______0000_________000___0000000000+              
     0000______0000___0000______0000________0000+                           
      000______000_____000______000________0000+                            
       000____000_______000____000_______00000+                             
        00000000_________00000000_______0000000+                            
          0000_____________0000________000000007'

Essentially identical to part of my answer. – Dennis Williamson Oct 29 '15 at 16:58 — Dennis Williamson, Oct 29 '15 at 16:58

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