xcowsay
Display a cute cow and message on your Linux desktop. The cow is displayed for either a fixed amount of time, or an amount of time calculated from the size of the text. Click on the cow to dismiss it immediately. More information: https://www.doof.me.uk/xcowsay/.
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Display a cow saying "hello, world":
xcowsay "{{hello, world}}"
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Display a cow with output from another command:
ls | xcowsay
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Display a cow at the specified X and Y coordinates:
xcowsay --at={{X}},{{Y}}
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Display a different sized cow:
xcowsay --cow-size={{small|med|large}}
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Display a thought bubble instead of a speech bubble:
xcowsay --think
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Display a different image instead of the default cow:
xcowsay --image={{path/to/file}}
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