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delay: 2d On screen display of a command. $ date|osd_cat This is very useful if you need to show someone some text from a distance. (Like someone standing over your shoulder…)

I&#8217;d recommend aliasing it to something like:

alias osd_cat=&#8221;osd_cat -o 400 -s 8 -c blue -d 60 -f osd_cat -f -*-bitstream vera sans-*-*-*–200-*-*-*-*-*-*-*&#8221;

xosd is the utility that provides osd_cat.

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