tldr/pages/linux/sm.md

# sm

> Display a short message fullscreen.
> More information: <https://github.com/nomeata/screen-message>.

- Display a message in full-screen:

`sm "{{Hello World!}}"`

- Display a message with inverted colors:

`sm -i "{{Hello World!}}"`

- Display a message with a custom foreground color:

`sm -f {{blue}} "{{Hello World!}}"`

- Display a message with a custom background color:

`sm -b {{#008888}} "{{Hello World!}}"`

- Display a message rotated 3 times (in steps of 90 degrees, counterclockwise):

`sm -r {{3}} "{{Hello World!}}"`

- Display a message using the output from another command:

`{{echo "Hello World!"}} | sm -`