[How To] Display A Message At Terminal login On Ubuntu


If you want to see the message when you open the terminal or after you are login in tty1-6, just put this line at the end of ~/.bashrc file (open it from terminal with gedit ~/.bashrc):

echo "Welcome $USER, today's date is $(date +"%A, %d-%m-%y")"

If you want to see the message after you are login in GUI, do the following:


Create a new file name_and_date.sh:

gedit ~/bin/name_and_date.sh

Put next 2 lines inside:

#!/bin/bash

notify-send "Hello" "Hello $USER, today's date is $(date +"%A, %d-%m-%y")"

Save the file and close it.

Make the file exacutable:

chmod +x ~/bin/name_and_date.sh

Search in Dash for Startup Applications, open it and click Add.

Under name type "Show my name and date" or something you will recognise.

Under command type: /home/$USER/bin/name_and_date.sh (change $USER with your user name).

Under comment (if you want), type a brief description.

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