xcowsay
Graphical desktop cow message display
TLDR
Display cow with message
$ xcowsay "[hello, world]"
Display with pipe input$ ls | xcowsay
Display at position$ xcowsay --at [X],[Y]
Change cow size$ xcowsay --cow-size [small|med|large]
Display thought bubble$ xcowsay --think
Use custom image$ xcowsay --image [path/to/file]
SYNOPSIS
xcowsay [OPTIONS] [MESSAGE]
DESCRIPTION
xcowsay displays a cute cow with a message on the Linux desktop. Similar to cowsay but with a graphical display. The cow disappears after a timeout or when clicked.Messages can be provided as arguments or piped from other commands.
PARAMETERS
--at X,Y
Display at specified coordinates--cow-size SIZE
Cow size: small, med, or large--think
Use thought bubble instead of speech--image FILE
Use custom image instead of cow--time SECONDS
Display duration
INSTALL
sudo dnf install xcowsay
sudo zypper install xcowsay
nix profile install nixpkgs#xcowsay
CAVEATS
X11 only. Display time depends on message length unless specified. Custom images must be PNG format.
SEE ALSO
cowsay(1), notify-send(1)
