Generate emoji DNA every time your terminal starts

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Emoji DNA

Generate a DNA string of two random emoji each time your terminal starts, like this adorable koala-bear DNA:

Download the script from my github page.

To use emoji_dna.sh:

  1. Download emoji_dna.sh
  2. From your terminal add to your bash_profile (nano ~/.bash_profile) the line:
    bash /path/to/emoji_dna.sh
  3. Source your bash_profile: source ~/.bash_profile
  4. Open a new terminal window and enjoy!

This little script was a challenge put to me by Ryan Crawford while we discussed both the elegant Bonsai tree generator for terminal by John Allbritten and the goofy twitter account @emojiDNA.

To run the script interactively simply run bash /path/to/emoji_dna.sh from your terminal as in the image below.

I call this creation “Put a Ring on It” .

Other goodies:

Enjoy!