Execute paste utility to merge lines using tab character as a delimiter, expand to convert tabs to spaces, and column to format input into multiple columns.
Display some necessary system information and some random Debian related epigram.
$ paste <(printf "Hostname: $(hostname)\nDate: $(LC_ALL=C date)"; printf "\n\n"; printf "Memory:\n"; head -4 /proc/meminfo) \
<(printf "\n\n\n";LC_ALL=C df -h -x tmpfs -x devtmpfs) \
<(printf "\n";fortune debian-hints | expand -t 8) | \
column -s $'\t' -tneHostname: milosz-XPS-13-9343
Date: Tue Feb 6 21:39:04 CET 2018 Debian Hint #13: If you don't like the default options used in a Debian
package, you can download the source and build a version which uses the
Memory: Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on options you prefer. See http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-pkg_basics.html
MemTotal: 8059088 kB /dev/mapper/debian--vg-root 226G 90G 126G 42% / (sections 6.13 and 6.14) for more information.
MemFree: 1338300 kB /dev/sda2 473M 336M 114M 75% /boot
MemAvailable: 3353428 kB /dev/sda1 511M 4.7M 507M 1% /boot/efi However, bear in mind that most options in most packages can be configured
Buffers: 233632 kB at runtime, and do not require recompiling the package.
Display some necessary system information and fantastic ASCII art.
$ paste <(fortune mario.arteascii | expand -t 8) \
<(printf "Hostname: $(hostname)\nDate: $(LC_ALL=C date)"; printf "\n\n"; printf "Memory:\n"; head -4 /proc/meminfo; printf "\n\n";LC_ALL=C df -h -x tmpfs -x devtmpfs) | \
column -s $'\t' -tneHostname: milosz-XPS-13-9343
..ooooox. Date: Tue Feb 6 22:22:49 CET 2018
..ooo@@@XXX%xx..
..oo@@XXX&x&xxx... Memory:
.o@XX%%xx.. ... MemTotal: 8059088 kB
o@X%x. ..oXXXoooo. MemFree: 404848 kB
.@X%x. ..o@^^ ^^@X. MemAvailable: 2913868 kB
.ooo@@@@@@@ooo.. ..o@@^ @X% Buffers: 242820 kB
o@@^^^ ^^^@@@ooo.oo@@^ * %x.
.o@ * ^. . .%^
.o. .o@o o@. .. oox. .X%. Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
.@x . %xxX@@ @o. ^^Xxxx@@@^ /dev/mapper/debian--vg-root 226G 90G 125G 42% /
.@ .xxx .o@@^ ^@%%o.. .XX@@^ /dev/sda2 473M 336M 114M 75% /boot
.@@XX% .x%@ . @xxo^.. /dev/sda1 511M 4.7M 507M 1% /boot/efi
^XX%%^ .@@X % XXx @@^x%..
.o@@XX%xx.. ^^XX%%xx...
.oXXxx...
.ooX@@@xxoo..
.x%. .xxx.@Xx..
.x^ ^X^ .o@Xx.
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kalev kaarna - benkalev at ut.ee
There are at least a couple of possible use cases involving this method, mostly informative ones.