This is a nice little script for your .bashrc or .zshrc that greets you on every launch, with some helpful (and customizable!) information.

My goal with this script is to keep it simple, just a single line that gives useful information when you start a terminal session.

• Relatively fast
• Works across many distros (update checking support)
• Clean and simple
• Customizable
• Easy to install and update

• Terminal with 24-bit true color support
  • Can check with printf "\x1b[38;2;255;100;0mTRUECOLOR\x1b[0m\n", will return TRUECOLOR in Brown if supported
    ^{Source: https://github.com/termstandard/colors}
  • List of supported terminal emulators
• A modern version of Bash or Zsh (eg. the /bin/sh shell in Ubuntu does not work)

_Bash:

bash -c "$(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/G2-Games/welcome.sh/main/install.sh)"

_Zsh:

zsh -c "$(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/G2-Games/welcome.sh/main/install.sh)"

It installs to ~/.welcome/welcome.sh, and adds a line to the bottom of ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc

To install it manually, download the latest welcome.sh from releases and place it in your home directory. Then add bash ~/welcome.sh to your .bashrc. It works without the config file, but you can also add that to your home directory for easier manual updates.

Run the script again to check for an update. If you have an older version it will prompt you. You can update from any version to any newer version. The proper files will be downloaded as necessary.

To configure settings, open ~/.welcome/config.cfg in your text editor of choice. There, you'll find a few settings:

#==================SETUP=================#
# Select which parts you want active by  #
# commenting them out. For example, on a #
# desktop, disabling the battery message #
# is a good idea. You can also re-order  #
# them to change how they display!       #
#========================================#

greetings=("Welcome" "Greetings" "Hello" "Hi") # Add your own greetings!
randgreeting="off"  #< Turn the random greetings on (eg. "Hello <user>, Hi <user>")
twelvehour="on"     #< Switch between 12 and 24 hour time (eg. 8:00 PM vs 20:00)
rechargenotif="off" #< Notify that you should recharge if below 15%
updatecheck="on"    #< Check for all updates, slows startup a bit
flatpakupd="off"    #< Check for flatpak updates, this slows startup down A LOT
goodgreeting="on"   #< Display greetings like "Good afternoon," else "It's afternoon"
displaydate="off"   #< Unused so far

#=========COLORS=======#
NCOL='\e[0m'
BOLD='\e[1m'
ITAL='\e[3m'
UNDR='\e[4m'
BLNK='\e[5m'

# Battery level colors
CRIT='\e[31m'
LOW='\e[33m'
NORM='\e[32m'
FULL='\e[3;4;92m'

TIME='\e[38;2;224;146;252;1m' # Clock color
DATE='\e[38;2;50;168;82;1m'   # Future "Date" item color
USRC=$(randcolor)             # Username color

# Greeting colors
NIGH='\e[38;2;200;107;209m'
MORN='\e[38;2;255;164;74m'
AFTN='\e[38;2;250;245;110m'
EVEN='\e[38;2;171;54;3m'

cfgversion=2

• Fix issues across other distros
• Add new features? (Please suggest!)
• Improve MacOS functionality