{"repo":"paulkaefer/cowsay-files","free":true,"listed":false,"github":"https://github.com/paulkaefer/cowsay-files","clone":"git clone https://github.com/paulkaefer/cowsay-files.git","description":"A collection of additional/alternative cowsay files.","language":"JavaScript","stars":387,"topics":["cowsay","terminal","ascii","ascii-art","unicode"],"license":null,"category":"cli-tools","readme_excerpt":"cowsay-files ============ These files are intended to supplement the cow files in /usr/share/cowsay/cows. echo Exterminate! cowsay -f dalek For more on cowsay, consult its Wikipedia article. examples A sample of each cow file in this repository is here. Note that the ANSI cows like bender.cow will only render properly if your terminal client supports color. True color (those under the true-color/ subdirectory) cows will only render in terminals that support full 24-bit color. installation To install Cowsay-files, clone the repo or download the distribution tarball. Then run: Or to install it to a custom location: Mac users can alternatively use the Homebrew tap from cowsay-org/homebrew-cowsay: Or: cowrc.sh file This file allows you to configure a list of cows to randomly display when opening a new terminal session. - Note - this file counts on fortune being installed to display your random fortunes. Can be made use of by adding the following line to your .bashrc file (or .zshrc if you use ZSH): Now you will have some commands available and get a random cow fortune on every new terminal session :) .bashrc file If you want to have random cows everytime that you login or open a shell, add this to your .bashrc . alternate installation locations If you installed Cowsay-files to an alternate location, replace /usr/local with the path to your custom prefix in the above instructions. If you want to run Cowsay-files directly from the cloned repo, replace /usr/local/share with the path","default_branch":null,"files":null,"tree":[],"storefront":"/r/paulkaefer","claimed":false,"request_supported":{"post":"https://gitbuyer.com/r/paulkaefer/cowsay-files/request-supported","requests":0},"note":"indexed from public GitHub; nothing is for sale on this page. Clone it from GitHub. Paid listings live at /search."}