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xcowsay — Display a cute cow and message on your Linux desktop. The cow is displayed for either a fixed amount

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Problem

How to use the xcowsay command: 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. More information: <https://manned.org/xcowsay>.

Solution

xcowsay — 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. More information: <https://manned.org/xcowsay>.

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}}

Code Snippets

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

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