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xcowsay

Graphical desktop cow message display

TLDR

Display cow with message

$ xcowsay "[hello, world]"
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Display with pipe input
$ ls | xcowsay
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Display at position
$ xcowsay --at [X],[Y]
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Change cow size
$ xcowsay --cow-size [small|med|large]
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Display thought bubble
$ xcowsay --think
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Use custom image
$ xcowsay --image [path/to/file]
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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

CAVEATS

X11 only. Display time depends on message length unless specified. Custom images must be PNG format.

SEE ALSO

> TERMINAL_GEAR

Curated for the Linux community

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> TERMINAL_GEAR

Curated for the Linux community