We are planning on adding a quota command to our login script, so users can easily see whether or not they’re nearing quota. But, as a rule, users blur out the MOTD and any other text that shows at login. So how do we emphasize a user being over-quota in such a way that they will actually notice it? One simple thing is to show the over-quota text in red, which may or may not be more noticeable. Other suggestions are: reverse 
(swap foreground and background), blink 
, flaming ASCII art 
, and beep (not sure how universal beep is). Any other thoughts on how to draw the user’s attention to their quota?
We have a beautiful solution for this on sherlock, a la @kilian. Basically, it shows a colorful plot of usage which is really impossible to ignore. I notice it every time 
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I like that! Sort of an ASCII sparkline. I’ll suggest something like that.