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replace AM/PM and MM/DD/YYYY with more human-readable formats
Mar 7, 2026
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an IP address is an IP address is an IP address
Mar 19, 2026
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion update-motd-static.d/20-update
100644 → 100755
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Expand Up @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ msgColor="38;5;103"

# Count
apt-get update --quiet=2
pkgCount="$(apt-get -s dist-upgrade | grep -Po '^\d+(?= upgraded)')"
pkgCount="$(LANG= LC_ALL= apt-get -s dist-upgrade | grep -Po '^\d+(?= upgraded)')"
setCountColor "$pkgCount"

# Message
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5 changes: 4 additions & 1 deletion update-motd.d/10-welcome
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#!/bin/bash

. /etc/default/locale
export LANG

function color (){
echo "\e[$1m$2\e[0m"
}
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -30,7 +33,7 @@ deviceLabel=" $(color $deviceColor " $deviceName ")"
me="$(color $userColor " $me ")"
codename="$(grep 'VERSION_CODENAME' /etc/os-release | cut -d '=' -f 2)"
greetings="$(color $greetingsColor " * Welcome") $me $(color $greetingsColor To) $(color $codenameColor $codename)\n"
greetings="$greetings$(color $greetingsColor " * $(date +"%a %b %d %Y, %I:%M:%S %p")")\n"
greetings="$greetings$(color $greetingsColor " * $(date +"%c")")\n"

# OS
greetings="$greetings$(color $greetingsColor " * $(uname -srm)")"
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30 changes: 10 additions & 20 deletions update-motd.d/15-system
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#!/bin/bash

. /etc/default/locale
export LANG

function color (){
echo "\e[$1m$2\e[0m"
}
Expand All @@ -13,20 +16,7 @@ function sec2time (){
((input=input%3600))
((mins=input/60))

local daysPlural="s"
local hoursPlural="s"
local minsPlural="s"

if [[ $days -eq 0 || $days -eq 1 ]]; then
daysPlural=""
fi
if [[ $hours -eq 0 || $hours -eq 1 ]]; then
hoursPlural=""
fi
if [[ $mins -eq 0 || $mins -eq 1 ]]; then
minsPlural=""
fi
echo "$days day$daysPlural $hours hr$hoursPlural $mins min$minsPlural"
echo "${days}d ${hours}h ${mins}m"
}
statsLabelColor="38;5;143"
bulletColor="38;5;241"
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# Last Login
read loginIP loginDate <<< $(last $me --time-format iso -2 | awk 'NR==1 { print $3,$4 }')
if [[ $loginDate == *T* ]]; then
login="$(date -d $loginDate +"%a %b %d %Y, %I:%M %p") $(color $dimInfoColor "* $loginIP")"
login="$(date -d $loginDate +"%c") $(color $dimInfoColor "* $loginIP")"
else
# First Login
login="None"
Expand All @@ -48,28 +38,28 @@ label1="$login"
label1="$(color $statsLabelColor "Last") $(color $bulletColor "....")$(color $statsLabelColor ".") $(color $infoColor "$label1")"

label2="$(vcgencmd measure_temp | cut -c "6-9")°C"
label2="$(color $statsLabelColor "Temp") $(color $bulletColor "...")$(color $statsLabelColor ".") $(color $infoColor $label2)"
label2="$(color $statsLabelColor "Temp") $(color $bulletColor "........")$(color $statsLabelColor ".") $(color $infoColor $label2)"

uptime="$(sec2time $(cut -d "." -f 1 /proc/uptime))"
uptime="$uptime $(color $dimInfoColor "* $(date -d "@"$(grep btime /proc/stat | cut -d " " -f 2) +"%m-%d-%y %H:%M")")"
uptime="$uptime $(color $dimInfoColor "* $(date -d "@"$(grep btime /proc/stat | cut -d " " -f 2) +"%c")")"

label3="$uptime"
label3="$(color $statsLabelColor "Uptime") $(color $bulletColor "..")$(color $statsLabelColor ".") $(color $infoColor "$label3")"

label4="$(awk -v a="$(awk '/cpu /{print $2+$3+$4+$5+$6+$7+$8+$9+$10,$5}' /proc/stat; sleep 0.3)" '/cpu /{split(a,b," "); printf "%.1f%%", 100*(($2+$3+$4+$5+$6+$7+$8+$9+$10-b[1])-($5-b[2]))/($2+$3+$4+$5+$6+$7+$8+$9+$10-b[1])}' /proc/stat)"
label4="$(color $statsLabelColor "Cpu") $(color $bulletColor "....")$(color $statsLabelColor ".") $(color $infoColor $label4)"
label4="$(color $statsLabelColor "Cpu") $(color $bulletColor ".........")$(color $statsLabelColor ".") $(color $infoColor $label4)"

label5="$(df -h ~ | awk 'NR==2 { printf "%sB / %sB \\e[38;5;144m* Free: %sB\\e[0m",$3,$2,$4; }')"
label5="$(color $statsLabelColor "Disk") $(color $bulletColor "....")$(color $statsLabelColor ".") $(color $infoColor "$label5")"

label6="$(/bin/ls -d /proc/[0-9]* | wc -l)"
label6="$(color $statsLabelColor "Procs") $(color $bulletColor "..")$(color $statsLabelColor ".") $(color $infoColor $label6)"
label6="$(color $statsLabelColor "Procs") $(color $bulletColor ".......")$(color $statsLabelColor ".") $(color $infoColor $label6)"

label7="$(free -h --si | awk 'NR==2 { printf "%sB / %sB \\e[38;5;144m* Free: %sB\\e[0m",$3,$2,$4; }')"
label7="$(color $statsLabelColor "Memory") $(color $bulletColor "..")$(color $statsLabelColor ".") $(color $infoColor "$label7")"

label8="$(hostname -I)"
label8="$(color $statsLabelColor "IP") $(color $bulletColor ".....")$(color $statsLabelColor ".") $(color $infoColor $label8)"
label8="$(color $statsLabelColor "IP address") $(color $bulletColor "..")$(color $statsLabelColor ".") $(color $infoColor $label8)"

# Print
echo
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