cowsay

Make an ASCII animal say something.

Synopsis

tofu cowsay [message] [flags]

Description

Generate an ASCII picture of an animal saying something. A classic Unix tradition, now available cross-platform!

Flags

Flag	Short	Description	Default
--animal	-a	Animal: cow, tux, tofu, gopher, cat, ghost	cow
--think	-t	Think instead of say (thought bubble)	false

Examples

Basic cowsay:

tofu cowsay "Hello, World!"

Use a different animal:

tofu cowsay -a gopher "Go is great!"

Make it think:

tofu cowsay -t "Hmm..."

From stdin:

echo "Piped message" | tofu cowsay

Animals

cow (default)

 ______________
< Hello World! >
 --------------
        \   ^__^
         \  (oo)\_______
            (__)\       )\/\
                ||----w |
                ||     ||

tux

 ______________
< Hello World! >
 --------------
       \
        \
            .--.
           |o_o |
           |:_/ |
          //   \ \
         (|     | )
        /'\_   _/`\
        \___)=(___/

tofu

 ______________
< Hello World! >
 --------------
       \
        \  ___________
         | |  TOFU  | |
         | |________| |
          \__________/
           |        |
           |________|

gopher

 ______________
< Hello World! >
 --------------
       \
        \
          ʕ◔ϖ◔ʔ
         /    \
        | ^  ^ |
         \    /
          ~~~~

cat

 ______________
< Hello World! >
 --------------
       \
        \    /\_/\
         \  ( o.o )
            > ^ <
           /|   |\
          (_|   |_)

ghost

 ______________
< Hello World! >
 --------------
       \
        \   ___
          /    \
         | ^  ^ |
         |  __  |
          \    /
           ^^^^

Fun Combinations

# Fortune cow
tofu fortune | tofu cowsay

# Rainbow cow
tofu cowsay "Moo!" | tofu lolcat

# UwU cow
tofu cowsay "Hello friend" | tofu uwu