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cowsay

The famous cowsay for GNU/Linux is now available for python

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Introduction

A python API / Command-line tool for the famous linux cowsay.
Take a look at CHANGELOG.md for the changes.

Brief History

cowsay for GNU/Linux was initially written in perl by Tony Monroe. More info here.

Installation

pip install cowsay

API Usage

>>> import cowsay

>>> cowsay.cow('Hello World')
 ___________
| Hello World |
  ===========
           \
            \
              ^__^
              (oo)\_______
              (__)\       )\/\
                  ||----w |
                  ||     ||


>>> print(cowsay.get_output_string('cow', 'Hello World'))
  ___________
| Hello World |
  ===========
           \
            \
              ^__^
              (oo)\_______
              (__)\       )\/\
                  ||----w |
                  ||     ||


>>> cowsay.cow('Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Mauris blandit rhoncus nibh. Mauris mi mauris, molestie vel metus sit amet, aliquam vulputate nibh.')
  _________________________________________________
 /                                                 \
| Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscin |
| g elit. Mauris blandit rhoncus nibh. Mauris mi ma |
| uris, molestie vel metus sit amet, aliquam vulput |
| ate nibh.                                         |
 \                                                 /
  =================================================
                                                 \
                                                  \
                                                    ^__^
                                                    (oo)\_______
                                                    (__)\       )\/\
                                                        ||----w |
                                                        ||     ||


>>> my_fish = r'''
\
 \  
        /`·.¸
     /¸...¸`:·
 ¸.·´  ¸   `·.¸.·´)
: © ):´;      ¸  {
 `·.¸ `·  ¸.·´\`·¸)
     `\\´´\¸.·´
'''

>>> cowsay.draw('Sharks are my best friend', my_fish)
  _________________________
| Sharks are my best friend |
  =========================
                         \
                          \  
                                 /`·.¸
                              /¸...¸`:·
                          ¸.·´  ¸   `·.¸.·´)
                         : © ):´;      ¸  {
                          `·.¸ `·  ¸.·´\`·¸)
                              `\\´´\¸.·´

Command Line Usage

$ cowsay -t "Hello World"
  ___________
| Hello World |
  ===========
           \
            \
              ^__^
              (oo)\_______
              (__)\       )\/\
                  ||----w |
                  ||     ||


$ cowsay -t "Hello World" -c "tux"
  ___________
| Hello World |
  ===========
                \
                 \
                  \
                   .--.
                  |o_o |
                  |:_/ |
                 //   \ \
                (|     | )
               /'\_   _/`\
               \___)=(___/

More Characters

>>> cowsay.char_names
['beavis', 'cheese', 'cow', 'daemon', 'dragon', 'fox', 'ghostbusters', 'kitty',
'meow', 'miki', 'milk', 'octopus', 'pig', 'stegosaurus', 'stimpy', 'trex', 
'turkey', 'turtle', 'tux']


>>> cowsay.char_funcs
{'beavis': <function func at 0x104b734c0>, 
'cheese': <function func at 0x104d285e0>, 
...
'tux': <function func at 0x104d28f70>}


>>> len(cowsay.chars)
19

Contributing

Guide: CONTRIBUTING.md

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