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gh screensaver — Extension for GitHub CLI that runs animated terminal screensavers. See also: `gh extension`. More in

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Problem

How to use the gh screensaver command: Extension for GitHub CLI that runs animated terminal screensavers. See also: gh extension. More information: <https://github.com/vilmibm/gh-screensaver>.

Solution

gh screensaver — Extension for GitHub CLI that runs animated terminal screensavers. See also: gh extension. More information: <https://github.com/vilmibm/gh-screensaver>.

Run a random screensaver:

gh screensaver

Run a specific screensaver:

gh screensaver {{[-s|--saver]}} {{fireworks|life|marquee|pipes|pollock|starfield}}

Run the "marquee" screensaver with a specific text and font:

gh screensaver {{[-s|--saver]}} marquee -- --message="{{message}}" --font={{font_name}}

Run the "starfield" screensaver with a specific density and speed:

gh screensaver {{[-s|--saver]}} starfield -- --density {{500}} --speed {{10}}

List available screensavers:

gh screensaver {{[-l|--list]}}

Code Snippets

Run a random screensaver

gh screensaver

Run a specific screensaver

gh screensaver {{[-s|--saver]}} {{fireworks|life|marquee|pipes|pollock|starfield}}

Run the "marquee" screensaver with a specific text and font

gh screensaver {{[-s|--saver]}} marquee -- --message="{{message}}" --font={{font_name}}

Run the "starfield" screensaver with a specific density and speed

gh screensaver {{[-s|--saver]}} starfield -- --density {{500}} --speed {{10}}

List available screensavers

gh screensaver {{[-l|--list]}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/gh screensaver

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