commands.sh

xcowsay

linux

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.

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Examples (6)

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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