Osd cat

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osd_cat is a command that writes something directly onto your graphical screen. In the following example "hello world" is written.

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The example is based on SUSE Linux 11.3, but should be same or similar on any distribution:

yast -i xosd
echo "hello world" | osd_cat -A center -p bottom -f \
 -adobe-helvetica-*-*-*-*-24-*-*-*-*-*-*-* -cgreen -s 5

Choose the font using xfontsel.