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/>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/xcowsay.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install xcowsay
Ubuntu
apt-get install xcowsay
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install xcowsay
Fedora
dnf install xcowsay
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install xcowsay
Raspbian
apt-get install xcowsay
Dockerfile
dockerfile.run/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/>.

  • Display a cow saying "hello, world":
    xcowsay "hello, world"
  • Display a cow with output from another command:
    ls | xcowsay
  • Display a cow at the specified X and Y coordinates:
    xcowsay --at=X,Y
  • Display a different sized cow:
    xcowsay --cow-size=small|med|large
  • Display a thought bubble instead of a speech bubble:
    xcowsay --think
  • Display a different image instead of the default cow:
    xcowsay --image=path/to/file

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