Shell script to generate a motd with some system infos and goodies

dynamic_motd.sh

#!/bin/sh
#---------------------------
#--      dynamic_motd     --
#--      by lgaggini      --
#--      CC BY-SA 3.0     --
#---------------------------

echo -e "
db       d888b   .d8b.   d888b   d888b  d888888b d8b   db d888888b
88      88' Y8b d8'  8b 88' Y8b 88' Y8b    88'   888o  88    88'  
88      88      88ooo88 88      88         88    88V8o 88    88   
88      88  ooo 88~~~88 88  ooo 88  ooo    88    88 V8o88    88   
88booo. 88. ~8~ 88   88 88. ~8~ 88. ~8~   .88.   88  V888   .88.  
Y88888P  Y888P  YP   YP  Y888P   Y888P  Y888888P VP   V8P Y888888P

%+++++++++++++++++++++ SYSTEM INFO +++++++++++++++++++++%
CPU: `cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep 'model name' | head -1 | cut -d':' -f2`
RAM:  `free -m | head -n 2 | tail -n 1 | awk {'print $2'}`MB
OS: `uname -srmo` - `lsb_release -s -d`

%++++++++++++++++++++ SYSTEM STATUS ++++++++++++++++++++%
System load: `uptime`
Used memory: `free -m | head -n 3 | tail -n 1 | awk {'print $3'}`MB
`df -h`

%++++++++++++++++++++ SYSTEM MESSAGE +++++++++++++++++++%
Enjoy your hack free as in freedom!
"

evolved in https://github.com/lgaggini/update-motd