--- title: 7 Linux commands to use just for fun | Opensource.com description: Linux command line can be the home of power users andsysadmins. Linux was developed by fun-loving people who created an array of comical commands. You can... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/7-linux-commands-to-use-just-for-fun-opensource-com-2xkzqdpgw twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: 7 Linux commands to use just for fun | Opensource.com | daily.dev og:description: Linux command line can be the home of power users andsysadmins. Linux was developed by fun-loving people who created an array of comical commands. You can... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/7-linux-commands-to-use-just-for-fun-opensource-com-2xkzqdpgw og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/2XkZqdPgw.png og:image:alt: 7 Linux commands to use just for fun | Opensource.com og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # 7 Linux commands to use just for fun | Opensource.com **[Open Source Way](https://daily.dev/sources/oss)** · 4 min read · 24 upvotes · 4 comments ## Summary Linux command line can be the home of power users andsysadmins. Linux was developed by fun-loving people who created an array of comical commands. You can cause a steam locomotive to zip across your terminal using the sl command. Use the yes command to print out a string of text until it is forcibly stopped. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@dodothedev** · 0 upvotes > Interesting idea to just have fun on the CLI. I'd give these a go. **@danroyal001** · 0 upvotes > Cool **@fenriuz** · 0 upvotes > Missing cmatrix **@muhibarshad** · 0 upvotes > I am newbie to Linux, I think such type of commands make me more enthusiastic to learn more about Linux and opensource. --- Tags: [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/7-linux-commands-to-use-just-for-fun-opensource-com-2xkzqdpgw) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"7 Linux commands to use just for fun | Opensource.com","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/7-linux-commands-to-use-just-for-fun-opensource-com-2xkzqdpgw","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/7-linux-commands-to-use-just-for-fun-opensource-com-2xkzqdpgw"},"datePublished":"2021-11-11T08:07:34.936Z","dateModified":"2021-11-11T08:07:34.937Z","description":"Linux command line can be the home of power users andsysadmins. 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I’d give these a go.","datePublished":"2021-11-11T11:07:40.935Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/2XkZqdPgw#c-sOJd8cX_B","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Dominic Ross","url":"https://daily.dev/dodothedev","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a-/AOh14Gh52WlB5fRXi-f2Rva1z6636JEKGUlrgr9fUVYSqg=s100"}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Cool","datePublished":"2021-11-12T10:12:03.193Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/2XkZqdPgw#c-dk1zykdia","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniel Effiong (Danroyal)","url":"https://daily.dev/danroyal001","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a-/AOh14Ghv0EgW8g8sZyGmWMEt0UTRPZ3Ok-N951LpIqv9Iw=s100"}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Missing cmatrix","datePublished":"2021-11-12T15:25:01.532Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/2XkZqdPgw#c-4w09Q94KS","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Alex","url":"https://daily.dev/fenriuz","image":"https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/63080658?v=4"}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"I am newbie to Linux, I think such type of commands make me more enthusiastic to learn more about Linux and opensource.","datePublished":"2022-10-11T17:04:36.250Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/2XkZqdPgw#c-p_vUjouY4","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Muhib Arshad","url":"https://daily.dev/muhibarshad","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--acbW3qsj--/f_auto/v1749470318/avatars/avatar_zj05eiEybrEsAAVALrM9m?_a=BAMClqUq0"}}]} ```