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Fun with Shell Emojis (lasantha.org)
11 points by kiriberty 129 days ago
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There's a lot of other cool unicode glyphs besides emojis that can liven up your shell. I use the Block Elements a lot in my command line tools.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Block_Elements

Your shell environment doesn't need to be boring. We can decorate the shell's user messages with fun emojis that are random each time. It's a small touch that helps break the monotony of everyday terminal work.

Let me walk you through how to set this up on Linux, macOS, and Windows.