sm Command Examples

Display 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|--invert]}} "{{Hello World!}}"

• Display a message with a custom foreground color:

sm {{[-f|--foreground]}} {{blue}} "{{Hello World!}}"

• Display a message with a custom background color:

sm {{[-b|--background]}} {{#008888}} "{{Hello World!}}"

• Display a message rotated 3 times (in steps of 90 degrees, counterclockwise):

sm {{[-r|--rotate]}} {{3}} "{{Hello World!}}"

• Display a message using the output from another command:

{{echo "Hello World!"}} | sm -