A python API / Command-line tool for the famous linux cowsay.
Take a look at CHANGELOG.md for the changes.
cowsay for GNU/Linux was initially written in perl by Tony Monroe. More info
here.
pip install cowsay
>>> import cowsay
>>> cowsay.cow('Hello World')
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| Hello World |
===========
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\
^__^
(oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
>>> print(cowsay.get_output_string('cow', 'Hello World'))
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| Hello World |
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\
^__^
(oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
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>>> 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.')
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/ \
| 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 |
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>>> my_fish = r'''
\
\
/`·.¸
/¸...¸`:·
¸.·´ ¸ `·.¸.·´)
: © ):´; ¸ {
`·.¸ `· ¸.·´\`·¸)
`\\´´\¸.·´
'''
>>> cowsay.draw('Sharks are my best friend', my_fish)
_________________________
| Sharks are my best friend |
=========================
\
\
/`·.¸
/¸...¸`:·
¸.·´ ¸ `·.¸.·´)
: © ):´; ¸ {
`·.¸ `· ¸.·´\`·¸)
`\\´´\¸.·´
$ cowsay -t "Hello World"
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| Hello World |
===========
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\
^__^
(oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
$ cowsay -t "Hello World" -c "tux"
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| Hello World |
===========
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\
\
.--.
|o_o |
|:_/ |
// \ \
(| | )
/'\_ _/`\
\___)=(___/
>>> 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
Guide: CONTRIBUTING.md
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The famous cowsay for GNU/Linux is now available for python
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