cowsay
Print ASCII art (by default a cow) saying or thinking something. More information: https://github.com/tnalpgge/rank-amateur-cowsay.
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Print an ASCII cow saying "hello, world":
cowsay "{{hello, world}}"
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Print an ASCII cow saying text from
stdin
:
echo "{{hello, world}}" | cowsay
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List all available art types:
cowsay -l
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Print the specified ASCII art saying "hello, world":
cowsay -f {{art}} "{{hello, world}}"
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Print a dead thinking ASCII cow:
cowthink -d "{{I'm just a cow, not a great thinker...}}"
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Print an ASCII cow with custom eyes saying "hello, world":
cowsay -e {{characters}} "{{hello, world}}"
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