cowsay 牛說

1. 簡介:

cowsay 是我目前最喜歡的 Linux 套件(第二名是 conky)，它唯一的功能就是如下圖所示：

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/ Q: Why do WASPs play golf ? A: So they \
\ can dress like pimps.                  /
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       \    |\___/|      /   \//  \\
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           /     /  \/_/    //   |  \  \  
           @_^_@'/   \/_   //    |   \   \ 
           //_^_/     \/_ //     |    \    \
        ( //) |        \///      |     \     \
      ( / /) _|_ /   )  //       |      \     _\
    ( // /) '/,_ _ _/  ( ; -.    |    _ _\.-~        .-~~~^-.
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             ///.----..>        \             _ -~             `.  ^-`  ^-_
               ///-._ _ _ _ _ _ _}^ - - - - ~                     ~-- ,.-~
                                                                  /.-~

2. 安裝:

Ubuntu install cowsay:

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install cowsay fortune

Mac install cowsay:

$ brew install cowsay fortune

3. 用法:

(1) cowsay 加上你想讓它說的話

$ cowsay Hello world

 _____________
< Hello world >
 -------------
        \   ^__^
         \  (oo)\_______
            (__)\       )\/\
                ||----w |
                ||     ||

(2) fortune pipe 到 cawsay

$ fortune | cowsay

 _________________________________________
/ I do desire we may be better strangers. \
|                                         |
| -- William Shakespeare, "As You Like    |
\ It"                                     /
 -----------------------------------------
        \   ^__^
         \  (oo)\_______
            (__)\       )\/\
                ||----w |
                ||     ||

4. 其它參數:

(1) 各種模式：

• -b: 瞇眼模式
• -d: 死亡模式
• -g: 視錢如命
• -p: 眼鏡模式
• -s: 吐舌頭模式
• -t: 疲勞模式
• -w: 吃驚模式
• -y: 小牛模式

$ fortune | cowsay -s

 ____________________________________
/ After your lover has gone you will \
\ still have PEANUT BUTTER!          /
 ------------------------------------
        \   ^__^
         \  (**)\_______
            (__)\       )\/\
             U  ||----w |
                ||     ||

(2) 指定眼睛(-e)和舌頭(-T)：

$ fortune | cowsay -e RR -T\(\)

 ______________________________________
/ You will probably marry after a very \
\ brief courtship.                     /
 --------------------------------------
        \   ^__^
         \  (RR)\_______
            (__)\       )\/\
             () ||----w |
                ||     ||

(3) 指定 cowfile：

cowfile 就是 cow 的模板，我們先來看看有哪些預設的模板可用

$ cowsay -l

Ubuntu 預設模板：

Cow files in /usr/share/cowsay/cows:
apt beavis.zen bong bud-frogs bunny calvin cheese cock cower daemon default
dragon dragon-and-cow duck elephant elephant-in-snake eyes flaming-sheep
ghostbusters gnu head-in hellokitty kiss koala kosh luke-koala mech-and-cow
milk moofasa moose mutilated pony pony-smaller ren sheep skeleton snowman
sodomized-sheep stegosaurus stimpy suse three-eyes turkey turtle tux
unipony unipony-smaller vader vader-koala www

$ fortune | cowsay -f dragon

 ________________________________________
/ Q: Why haven't you graduated yet? A:   \
| Well, Dad, I could have finished years |
| ago, but I wanted                      |
|                                        |
\ my dissertation to rhyme.              /
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      \                    / \  //\
       \    |\___/|      /   \//  \\
            /0  0  \__  /    //  | \ \    
           /     /  \/_/    //   |  \  \  
           @_^_@'/   \/_   //    |   \   \ 
           //_^_/     \/_ //     |    \    \
        ( //) |        \///      |     \     \
      ( / /) _|_ /   )  //       |      \     _\
    ( // /) '/,_ _ _/  ( ; -.    |    _ _\.-~        .-~~~^-.
  (( / / )) ,-{        _      `-.|.-~-.           .~         `.
 (( // / ))  '/\      /                 ~-. _ .-~      .-~^-.  \
 (( /// ))      `.   {            }                   /      \  \
  (( / ))     .----~-.\        \-'                 .~         \  `. \^-.
             ///.----..>        \             _ -~             `.  ^-`  ^-_
               ///-._ _ _ _ _ _ _}^ - - - - ~                     ~-- ,.-~
                                                                  /.-~