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Animal Talk is a global CLI tool where the animals can talk and they will say what you want them to say.
Simply install the tool through npm or yarn
$ npm install -g animal-talk
$ yarn global add animal-talk
When using the animaltalk command, there are some options that can be specefied.
| Option | input | required |
|---|---|---|
-t | --text | Text to pass through to the animal | no |
-a | --animal | Chooses one of the below Animals | no |
-c | --color | Chooses one of the below Colors | no |
-j | --joke | When selected, the animal will tell a joke | no |
aardvarkantelopebatbirdbulldogbunnycatcowcrocodiledeerdonkeyelephantfroghappyDoghangingMonkeyhorselamblionmooseparrotpigpossumprayingMonkeysnailsnaketeddyBearturtlewormrandom (any of the above)blackbluecyangraygreengreymagentarandomredwhiteyellow$ animaltalk -t 'Hello there, how are you?' -a pig -c magenta
/\ ---------------------------------
/ `. < Hello there, how are you? >
,' `. ---------------------------------
/`.________ ( : /
\ `. _\_______ ) /
\ `.----._ `. "`-. /
) \ \ ` ,"__\ /
\ \ ) ,-- (/o\\ /
( _ `. `---' ,--. \ _)). /
`(-',-`----' ( (O \ `--,"`-.
`/ \ \__) ,' O )
/ `--' ( O ,'
( `--,'
\ `== _.-'
\ .____.-;-'
) `._ /
( |`-._\ | ,' /
`.__|__/ "\ |' /
`._|_,'
The output will be in color as the image below illustrates

$ animaltalk -j -a snake -c yellow
-----------------------------------------------------
< Which vegetable does a pirate never eat? Leeks. >
-----------------------------------------------------
/
/
/ /^\/^\
\ _|__| O|
\/ \ /~ \_/ \
\____|__________/ \
\_______ \
`\ \ \
| | \
/ / \
/ / \\
/ / \ \
/ / \ \
/ / _----_ \ \
/ / _-~ ~-_ | |
( ( _-~ _--_ ~-_ _/ |
\ ~-____-~ _-~ ~-_ ~-_-~ /
~-_ _-~ ~-_ _-~
~--______-~ ~-___-~
The output will be in color as the image below illustrates

FAQs
CLI tool to print out messages spoken by ASCII art animals
We found that animal-talk demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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