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Terminal easter eggs
« on: October 14, 2011, 09:38:18 PM »
So I was looking for a Tetris download one day, then I realized I didn't need one.

1.Open Terminal
2.Type in "emacs"
3.hit escape
4.type "x"
5(without hitting space) Type "Tetris"

That's it. You'll get a fully playable tetris inside the terminal. Use the arrow keys to play.


Anyone else know of a terminal easteregg?
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Re: Terminal easter eggs
« Reply #1 on: October 14, 2011, 11:39:16 PM »
Can't tell if you're serious...

Tried and couldn't get it to work. Video tutorial?
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Re: Terminal easter eggs
« Reply #2 on: October 15, 2011, 09:43:18 AM »
It might not work in newer versions of OSX. It works on my iBook that's running 10.3.9 Tried on 10.5, it works.
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Re: Terminal easter eggs
« Reply #3 on: October 15, 2011, 09:51:36 AM »
Maybe try hitting escape and x at the same time, then type tetris. Unless emacs doesn't work for you. I've found some other neat ones too. Type pong or snake in the place of tetris and you'll get those games. You can also see star wars IV (Yes, the whole movie) in text (Like pictures made of dots and dashes. I know there's a word for that, but I don't know what)

Just open terminal and paste "telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl " without the quotes.
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Re: Terminal easter eggs
« Reply #4 on: October 21, 2011, 03:55:18 PM »
Terminal easter eggs my specialty :P

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telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl
star wars episode IV ASCII art

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/System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.framework/Resources/ScreenSaverEngine.app/Contents/MacOS/ScreenSaverEngine -background
my favorite, sets you desktop to a moving screensaver.

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chflags hidden ~/desktop/*
hides your desktop clutter

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chflags nohidden ~/desktop/*
brings it all back

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history
all the commands you've used so you don't have to go back to this every time  8)
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Re: Terminal easter eggs
« Reply #5 on: October 21, 2011, 05:53:01 PM »
How do you turn the desktop screen saver off?
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Re: Terminal easter eggs
« Reply #6 on: October 23, 2011, 06:42:25 PM »
just close the terminal window
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Re: Terminal easter eggs
« Reply #7 on: December 05, 2011, 11:11:23 AM »
That desktop screensaver thing is socool.
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Re: Terminal easter eggs
« Reply #8 on: December 05, 2011, 11:50:35 AM »
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Can't tell if you're serious...

Tried and couldn't get it to work. Video tutorial?

Should be lowercase tetris not capitalized.
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Re: Terminal easter eggs
« Reply #9 on: December 05, 2011, 11:53:31 AM »
Ah! Thanks.
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