Comments on: 24 Funniest Commands to Try in the Linux Terminal

By: atomick

atomick — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 02:02:49 +0000

In the list, I see the eSpeak app being suggested. Yet many people do not realize that most Linux distributions at least to my knowledge, including most Debian-based systems and likely Ubuntu derivatives already include a fairly feature-rich built-in text-to-speech utility: spd-say. You can verify this by opening a terminal and typing:

which spd-say

This should return (without the quotes):

/usr/bin/spd-say

Linux Mint 22.2 includes it, as does MX Linux. To test it, simply type:

spd-say "Hello"

There is also built-in help available:

spd-say --help

To list all available voices and personas (for example, male, female, granny, etc.), use:

spd-say -l

If you want to filter for U.S. English voices, try:

spd-say -L | grep -e "us-EN"

You can also configure the default voice to your preference. Overall, this should provide plenty of room for experimentation, perfect for some keyboard dancing while playing with text-to-speech and your speaker system.

By: Tux Bel

Tux Bel — Thu, 25 Apr 2024 18:14:25 +0000

In reply to Ravi Saive. Installed on AlmaLinux 9 and everything worked smoothly! Just had to run:

sudo dnf -y install perl-Test-Base.noarch perl-Curses.x86_64

By: Tux Bel

Tux Bel — Thu, 25 Apr 2024 17:49:12 +0000

Hello, that was a very interesting article! Could you please type “echo $PS1” in the terminal you used for the examples you showed above?

Thanks a lot!

By: linuxdudeguy

linuxdudeguy — Mon, 25 Mar 2024 12:24:13 +0000

In reply to Ravi Saive.

add $ ^How was school today?^
-bash: :s^How was school today?^: substitution failed as a tweak please

By: nthapa

nthapa — Thu, 29 Feb 2024 12:36:03 +0000

Part 1 and Part 2 are same although topic names are diffrent. Thanks.