cowsay

Print ASCII art (by default a cow) saying or thinking something. More information: <https://github.com/tnalpgge/rank-amateur-cowsay>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/cowsay.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install cowsay
Ubuntu
apt-get install cowsay
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S cowsay
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install cowsay
Fedora
dnf install cowsay
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install cowsay
OS X
brew install cowsay
Raspbian
apt-get install cowsay

Print ASCII art (by default a cow) saying or thinking something. More information: <https://github.com/tnalpgge/rank-amateur-cowsay>.

  • Print an ASCII cow saying "hello, world":
    cowsay "hello, world"
  • Print an ASCII cow saying text from `stdin`:
    echo "hello, world" | cowsay
  • List all available art types:
    cowsay -l
  • Print the specified ASCII art saying "hello, world":
    cowsay -f art "hello, world"
  • Print a dead thinking ASCII cow:
    cowthink -d "I'm just a cow, not a great thinker..."
  • Print an ASCII cow with custom eyes saying "hello, world":
    cowsay -e characters "hello, world"

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