ShellSaver is a Mac OSX screen saver that interfaces with shell scripts and command line applications to display useful information in the saver window. Some interesting uses:
- Fortunes
- RSS Feeds
- Clocks/Timers
- Any other information that can be formatted to stdout
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Download ShellSaver v0.7 Alpha
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Currently tested commands:
/usr/bin/fortune -a
/bin/date
/usr/bin/tail FILENAME
/bin/date
/usr/bin/tail FILENAME
If you don’t have fortune installed try installing with Fink:
sudo apt-get install fortune-mod
License
Currently released under a DonationWare License.
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